The arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Robert Earl of Essex and Henry Earl of Southampton, at Westminster the 19th of February, 1600 and in the 43 year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth for rebelliously conspiring and endeavouring the subversion of the government, by confederacy with Tyr-Owen, that popish traytor and his complices ... were the 5th of March ... arraigned, condemned, and executed ...
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             The arraignment, tryal and condemnation of Robert Earl of Essex and Henry Earl of Southampton, at Westminster the 19th of February, 1600 and in the 43 year of the reign of Queen Elizabeth for rebelliously conspiring and endeavouring the subversion of the government, by confederacy with Tyr-Owen, that popish traytor and his complices ... were the 5th of March ... arraigned, condemned, and executed ...
             Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1566-1601.
          
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           Essex, Robert Devereux, -- Earl of, 1566-1601.
           Southampton, Henry Wriothesley, -- Earl of, 1573-1624.
           Tyrone's Rebellion, 1597-1603.
           Great Britain -- History -- Elizabeth, 1558-1603.
        
      
    
     
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           The
           Arraignment
           ,
           TRYAL
           AND
           CONDEMNATION
           OF
           Robert
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           AND
           HENRY
           Earl
           of
           SOVTHAMPTON
           ,
           At
           Westminster
           the
           19th
           of
           February
           ,
           1600.
           and
           in
           the
           43
           year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           :
           For
           Rebelliously
           Conspiring
           and
           Endeavouring
           the
           Subversion
           of
           the
           Government
           ,
           by
           Confederacy
           with
           TYR-OWEN
           ,
           that
           Popish
           Traytor
           and
           his
           Complices
           ;
           of
           whom
           ,
           these
           following
           ,
           viz.
           
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Christopher
                 Blunt
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Charles
                 Danvers
              
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Gillie
                 Merrick
              
            
             
               and
               
                 Henry
                 Cuffe
              
            
          
           Were
           the
           5th
           of
           March
           following
           ,
           by
           a
           special
           Commission
           of
           Oyer
           and
           Terminer
           ,
           Arraigned
           ,
           Condemned
           ,
           and
           Executed
           .
           The
           PEERS
           had
           to
           their
           Assistance
           the
           Learned
           JUDGES
           .
           Counsel
           for
           the
           Queen
           .
           
             
               Sir
               
                 Henry
                 Yelverton
              
               ,
               the
               Queens
               Serjeant
               .
            
             
               Sir
               
                 Edward
                 Cook
              
               ,
               the
               Queens
               Attorney
               General
               ;
               afterwards
               Lord
               Chief
               Justice
               of
               England
               .
            
             
               Mr.
               Bacon
               ,
               afterwards
               Lord
               Chancellor
               .
            
          
        
         
           London
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Basset
          
           ,
           at
           the
           George
           in
           Fleet-street
           ,
           
             Sam.
             Heyrick
          
           ,
           at
           Grayes-Inn-Gate
           in
           Holborn
           ,
           and
           
             Matth.
             Gillyflower
          
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           .
           1679.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Arraignment
           AND
           TRYALL
           OF
           Robert
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           AND
           HENRY
           Earl
           of
           SOVTHAMPTON
           At
           Westminster
           the
           19th
           of
           February
           ,
           1600.
           and
           in
           the
           43
           year
           of
           the
           Reign
           of
           Queen
           Elizabeth
           .
        
         
           A
           Spacious
           Court
           was
           made
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           where
           the
           Lord
           Treasurer
           Buckhurst
           sate
           as
           High
           Steward
           of
           England
           ,
           under
           a
           Canopy
           of
           State
           ,
           where
           sate
           also
           about
           the
           Table
           the
           Earls
           ,
           Barons
           and
           Judges
           of
           the
           Land
           according
           to
           their
           degrees
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Judges
             were
             these
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Popham
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Justice
             Anderson
             .
          
           
             The
             Lord
             Chief
             Baron
             .
          
           
             Justice
             Gawdie
             .
          
           
             Justice
             Fenner
             .
          
           
             Justice
             Walmesley
             .
          
           
             Justice
             Warberton
             .
          
           
             Justice
             Kingsmill
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Baron
             Clarke
             .
          
        
         
         
           These
           sate
           all
           in
           the
           Court
           next
           the
           Barr
           before
           the
           High
           Steward
           .
           Seven
           Sergeants
           at
           Arms
           came
           in
           with
           Maces
           before
           the
           High
           Steward
           ,
           and
           laid
           them
           down
           before
           him
           in
           the
           Court.
           The
           King
           at
           Arms
           stood
           on
           the
           one
           side
           of
           the
           High
           Steward
           by
           his
           Chair
           of
           Estate
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           Her
           Majesties
           Gentlemen-Ushers
           with
           his
           White
           Rod
           in
           his
           hand
           on
           the
           other
           side
           .
           The
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           and
           his
           Assistant
           sate
           before
           him
           to
           read
           the
           Common
           Indictments
           and
           Examinations
           .
           The
           Captain
           of
           the
           Guard
           (
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Rawleigh
          
           )
           and
           Forty
           of
           the
           Queens
           Guard
           were
           there
           to
           attend
           the
           Service
           .
           Then
           the
           Sergeant
           at
           Arms
           made
           three
           
             O
             Yes
          
           !
           and
           Proclamation
           ,
           That
           the
           Lord
           High
           Steward
           of
           England
           commanded
           Silence
           ,
           and
           to
           hear
           the
           Commission
           read
           ,
           upon
           pain
           of
           Imprisonment
           .
           Then
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           read
           the
           Commission
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           was
           very
           attentive
           .
        
         
           Another
           Proclamation
           was
           made
           ,
           That
           the
           Lord
           High
           Steward
           of
           England
           commanded
           all
           Justices
           ,
           to
           whom
           any
           Writs
           had
           been
           directed
           for
           this
           Service
           ,
           to
           bring
           them
           in
           ,
           and
           certifie
           the
           same
           .
        
         
           Another
           Proclamation
           was
           made
           by
           a
           Sergeant
           at
           Arms
           ,
           That
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           of
           London
           should
           return
           his
           Precept
           ,
           and
           bring
           forth
           his
           Prisoners
           ,
           Robert
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           Henry
           Earl
           of
           Southampton
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Lord
           High
           Constable
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           the
           Lieutenant
           of
           the
           Tower
           ,
           and
           the
           Gentleman
           Porter
           ,
           who
           carried
           the
           Ax
           before
           the
           Prisoners
           came
           first
           in
           ,
           and
           the
           Prisoners
           followed
           and
           made
           their
           appearance
           at
           the
           Barr
           ,
           the
           Gentleman
           Porter
           with
           the
           Ax
           standing
           before
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           Axes
           edge
           from
           them
           ,
           and
           so
           the
           Lieutenant
           delivered
           his
           Precept
           into
           the
           Court.
           
        
         
           The
           two
           Earls
           (
           which
           were
           Prisoners
           )
           kissed
           one
           anothers
           hands
           ,
           and
           embraced
           each
           other
           .
        
         
           Another
           Proclamation
           was
           made
           ,
           That
           the
           Sergeant
           at
           Arms
           to
           the
           Queens
           Majesty
           do
           return
           his
           Precept
           of
           the
           Names
           of
           all
           the
           Peers
           of
           Robert
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           and
           Henry
           Earl
           of
           Southampton
           ,
           the
           which
           he
           delivered
           into
           the
           Court
           accordingly
           .
        
         
         
           Another
           Proclamation
           was
           made
           ,
           That
           all
           Earls
           ,
           Viscounts
           ,
           and
           Barons
           of
           the
           Realm
           of
           England
           which
           were
           Peers
           of
           Robert
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           ,
           and
           Henry
           Earl
           of
           Southampton
           ,
           and
           summoned
           to
           appear
           this
           day
           ,
           do
           make
           answer
           to
           their
           Names
           upon
           pain
           and
           peril
           that
           will
           fall
           thereon
           .
        
         
           Then
           the
           Lords
           were
           called
           ,
           and
           answered
           and
           appeared
           as
           followeth
           :
           
             
               Edward
               Earl
               of
               Oxford
               .
            
             
               Gilbert
               Earl
               of
               Shrewsbury
               .
            
             
               William
               Earl
               of
               Derby
               .
            
             
               Edward
               Earl
               of
               Worcester
               .
            
             
               George
               Earl
               of
               Cumberland
               .
            
             
               Robert
               Earl
               of
               Sussex
               .
            
             
               Edward
               Earl
               of
               Hartford
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Earl
               of
               Lincoln
               .
            
             
               Charles
               Earl
               of
               Nottingham
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Viscount
               Bindon
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               De
               la
               Ware.
               
            
             
               Edward
               Lord
               Morley
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Lord
               Cobham
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Lord
               Stafford
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Gray
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Lumbley
               .
            
             
               Henry
               Lord
               Windsor
               .
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Shandois
               .
            
             
               Robert
               Lord
               Rich.
               
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Darcy
               .
            
             
               George
               Lord
               Hunsdon
               .
            
             
               Oliver
               Lord
               St.
               Johns
               of
               Bletso
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Burleigh
               .
            
             
               William
               Lord
               Compton
               .
            
             
               Thomas
               Lord
               Howard
               ,
               Baron
               of
               Walden
               .
            
          
        
         
           Then
           the
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           desired
           to
           know
           of
           my
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           ,
           whether
           he
           might
           Challenge
           any
           of
           the
           Peers
           or
           No
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Lord
           Chief
           Justice
           answered
           ,
           No
           :
           And
           Mr.
           Attorney
           General
           alledged
           a
           Case
           in
           Henry
           the
           Eighths
           time
           ,
           of
           my
           Lord
           Darcy
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Earl
           bade
           them
           go
           on
           .
        
         
           [
           When
           the
           Lord
           Gray
           was
           called
           ,
           the
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           laughed
           upon
           the
           Earl
           of
           Southampton
           ,
           and
           jogged
           him
           upon
           his
           sleeve
           .
           ]
        
         
           Then
           they
           were
           called
           to
           hold
           up
           their
           Hands
           at
           the
           Barr
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           .
           And
           then
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           read
           the
           Indictments
           .
           That
           being
           done
           ,
           they
           were
           bid
           to
           hold
           up
           their
           hands
           again
           ,
           which
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           another
           Indictment
           was
           read
           ,
           whereunto
           the
           Earl
           of
           Essex
           was
           attentive
           .
           After
           which
           the
           Clerk
           of
           the
           Crown
           asked
           them
           whether
           they
           were
           Guilty
           or
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ,
           they
           pleaded
           
             Not
             Guilty
          
           ;
           and
           for
           their
           Tryals
           they
           put
           themselves
           upon
           God
           and
           their
           
             Peers
             ▪
          
           They
           spake
           this
           severally
           .
        
         
         
           Then
           my
           Lord
           
             High
             Steward
          
           in
           a
           few
           words
           gave
           the
           the
           Peers
           a
           Charge
           ,
           requiring
           them
           to
           have
           a
           due
           regard
           of
           their
           Consciences
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Sergeant
                   Yelverton's
                   Speech
                   .
                
                 
                   First
                   he
                   began
                   to
                   open
                   the
                   Evidence
                   ,
                   and
                   shewed
                   the
                   effect
                   of
                   the
                   Indictment
                   ,
                   and
                   held
                   it
                   in
                   his
                   hand
                   and
                   said
                   as
                   followeth
                   ;
                
                 
                   May
                   it
                   please
                   your
                   Grace
                   (
                   speaking
                   to
                   the
                   
                     High
                     Steward
                  
                   )
                   about
                   the
                   eighth
                   of
                   February
                   last
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Essex
                   (
                   there
                   Prisoner
                   at
                   the
                   Barr
                   )
                   went
                   about
                   with
                   Armed
                   men
                   very
                   rebelliously
                   to
                   dis-inherit
                   the
                   Queen
                   of
                   her
                   Crown
                   and
                   Dignity
                   ,
                   which
                   when
                   it
                   came
                   to
                   Her
                   Majesties
                   Ear
                   ,
                   She
                   of
                   Her
                   abounding
                   mercy
                   ,
                   sent
                   to
                   see
                   if
                   it
                   were
                   possible
                   to
                   stop
                   the
                   Rebellion
                   ;
                   and
                   who
                   did
                   She
                   send
                   ?
                   She
                   sent
                   (
                   my
                   Lord
                   )
                   no
                   worse
                   persons
                   than
                   my
                   Lord
                   Keeper
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   
                     Chief
                     Justice
                  
                   of
                   England
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Worcester
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     William
                     Knowles
                  
                   ,
                   all
                   which
                   went
                   in
                   Her
                   Majesties
                   name
                   ,
                   and
                   commanded
                   the
                   Earls
                   and
                   their
                   Adherents
                   very
                   strictly
                   to
                   dissolve
                   their
                   Assemblies
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   lay
                   down
                   their
                   Arms
                   ;
                   but
                   he
                   knowing
                   it
                   ,
                   very
                   treacherously
                   imprisoned
                   the
                   said
                   Lords
                   and
                   Councellors
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty
                   so
                   sent
                   ,
                   and
                   altogether
                   refused
                   Her
                   Majesties
                   Authority
                   ,
                   and
                   divers
                   of
                   their
                   Confederates
                   cry'd
                   out
                   ,
                   
                     Kill
                     them
                     ,
                     Kill
                     them
                  
                   ,
                   thereby
                   putting
                   Her
                   Majesties
                   Council
                   in
                   fear
                   of
                   their
                   Lives
                   ;
                   and
                   withall
                   ,
                   left
                   them
                   with
                   Sir
                   
                     Jo.
                     Davis
                  
                   to
                   keep
                   safe
                   ,
                   lest
                   they
                   themselves
                   should
                   miscarry
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   ;
                   but
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   must
                   tell
                   you
                   this
                   by
                   the
                   way
                   ,
                   that
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Essex
                   can
                   no
                   way
                   excuse
                   nor
                   shadow
                   this
                   his
                   
                     Rebellious
                     Purposes
                  
                   ,
                   nor
                   turn
                   his
                   Actions
                   to
                   any
                   other
                   intent
                   ,
                   for
                   ,
                   the
                   sending
                   of
                   Temple
                   his
                   Secretary
                   into
                   London
                   the
                   night
                   before
                   manifesteth
                   his
                   determination
                   ,
                   without
                   scruple
                   or
                   question
                   ;
                   for
                   by
                   that
                   means
                   he
                   was
                   in
                   hopes
                   to
                   have
                   had
                   the
                   help
                   of
                   the
                   Citizens
                   Her
                   Majesties
                   most
                   Loyal
                   and
                   Loving
                   Subjects
                   ;
                   and
                   he
                   used
                   not
                   only
                   his
                   best
                   endeavours
                   to
                   strengthen
                   himself
                   abroad
                   ,
                   but
                   also
                   fortified
                   his
                   House
                   at
                   home
                   with
                   strong
                   Defence
                   and
                   Ammunition
                   ,
                   all
                   which
                   were
                   tokens
                   of
                   his
                   inclinations
                   to
                   a
                   sudden
                   and
                   
                   unexpected
                   Rebellion
                   ,
                   and
                   well
                   confirmed
                   in
                   the
                   opinion
                   of
                   all
                   the
                   World
                   ,
                   when
                   he
                   withstood
                   divers
                   of
                   Her
                   Majesties
                   Subjects
                   standing
                   in
                   Her
                   Highness
                   right
                   ,
                   and
                   defence
                   of
                   her
                   Peace
                   against
                   him
                   and
                   his
                   Confederates
                   .
                   Good
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   beseech
                   your
                   Grace
                   ,
                   and
                   you
                   my
                   Lords
                   that
                   are
                   the
                   Peers
                   ,
                   to
                   understand
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   any
                   man
                   do
                   but
                   intend
                   the
                   Death
                   of
                   the
                   King
                   ,
                   it
                   is
                   death
                   by
                   the
                   Law
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   is
                   the
                   head
                   of
                   the
                   Commonwealth
                   ,
                   and
                   all
                   his
                   Subjects
                   as
                   Members
                   ought
                   to
                   obey
                   and
                   stand
                   with
                   him
                   :
                   But
                   as
                   for
                   this
                   Rebellion
                   being
                   duly
                   considered
                   ,
                   contains
                   in
                   it
                   many
                   branches
                   of
                   Treason
                   ,
                   which
                   are
                   and
                   will
                   be
                   directly
                   proved
                   ;
                   which
                   being
                   found
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   ,
                   my
                   Lords
                   ,
                   who
                   are
                   their
                   Peers
                   ,
                   are
                   to
                   find
                   them
                   guilty
                   ;
                   hereof
                   need
                   to
                   be
                   made
                   no
                   doubt
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   is
                   more
                   manifest
                   than
                   the
                   Sedition
                   of
                   Cateline
                   to
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   Rome
                   ,
                   and
                   consequently
                   England
                   is
                   in
                   no
                   less
                   danger
                   ;
                   for
                   as
                   Cateline
                   entertained
                   the
                   most
                   seditious
                   persons
                   about
                   all
                   Rome
                   to
                   joyn
                   with
                   him
                   in
                   his
                   Conspiracy
                   ,
                   so
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   had
                   none
                   but
                   
                     Papists
                     ,
                     Recusants
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   Atheists
                   for
                   his
                   Adjutors
                   and
                   Abettors
                   in
                   their
                   
                     Capital
                     Rebellion
                  
                   against
                   the
                   whole
                   Estate
                   of
                   England
                   .
                   My
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   much
                   wonder
                   that
                   his
                   heart
                   could
                   forget
                   all
                   the
                   Princely
                   Advancements
                   given
                   him
                   by
                   her
                   Majesty
                   ,
                   and
                   be
                   so
                   suddenly
                   beflinted
                   ,
                   as
                   to
                   turn
                   them
                   all
                   to
                   
                     Rebellious
                     ends
                  
                   ;
                   but
                   it
                   seems
                   this
                   overweighing
                   a
                   Mans
                   own
                   Conceit
                   ,
                   and
                   an
                   aspiring
                   mind
                   to
                   wished
                   Honour
                   ,
                   is
                   like
                   the
                   Crocodile
                   ,
                   which
                   is
                   ever
                   growing
                   as
                   long
                   as
                   he
                   liveth
                   ,
                   your
                   Lordships
                   knows
                   in
                   what
                   sort
                   they
                   went
                   into
                   the
                   City
                   ,
                   with
                   Armour
                   and
                   Weapons
                   ,
                   and
                   how
                   they
                   returned
                   to
                   Essex-house
                   again
                   ,
                   as
                   you
                   my
                   Lord
                   Admiral
                   and
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Cumberland
                   ,
                   with
                   others
                   of
                   their
                   honourable
                   Peers
                   do
                   know
                   ,
                   which
                   makes
                   me
                   wonder
                   they
                   do
                   not
                   blush
                   to
                   be
                   so
                   forward
                   to
                   stand
                   upon
                   their
                   Tryals
                   without
                   Confession
                   ,
                   when
                   their
                   intended
                   Treasons
                   are
                   in
                   all
                   mens
                   judgements
                   palpable
                   .
                   For
                   my
                   part
                   ,
                   my
                   Lord
                   ,
                   I
                   can
                   conjecture
                   nothing
                   hereby
                   ,
                   and
                   it
                   will
                   not
                   easily
                   out
                   of
                   my
                   conceit
                   ,
                   but
                   that
                   there
                   is
                   some
                   further
                   matter
                   in
                   it
                   than
                   as
                   yet
                   appears
                   ,
                   but
                   my
                   hope
                   is
                   ,
                   that
                   God
                   of
                   his
                   mercy
                   that
                   hath
                   revealed
                   their
                   Treasons
                   ,
                   will
                   not
                   suffer
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   his
                   ,
                   or
                   any
                   others
                   to
                   the
                   hurt
                   of
                   the
                   State
                   ,
                   or
                   prejudice
                   to
                   her
                   Majesties
                   most
                   Royal
                   Person
                   ,
                   whom
                   I
                   pray
                   God
                   
                   long
                   to
                   preserve
                   from
                   the
                   hands
                   of
                   her
                   Enemies
                   :
                   Amen
                   ,
                   cry'd
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   and
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   ,
                   and
                   God
                   confound
                   their
                   Souls
                   that
                   ever
                   wished
                   otherwise
                   to
                   her
                   Sacred
                   Person
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Attorney
             Gen.
             
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Grace
             ,
             the
             Lords
             Chief
             Judges
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             Fathers
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             do
             know
             ,
             that
             the
             thought
             of
             Treason
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             by
             the
             Law
             is
             Death
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             is
             guilty
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             is
             guilty
             of
             an
             Intent
             (
             by
             the
             Laws
             of
             the
             Land
             )
             to
             seek
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Prince
             ,
             and
             so
             adjudged
             Treason
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             prove
             this
             unto
             your
             Lordships
             by
             two
             several
             Cases
             :
             First
             ,
             he
             raiseth
             Power
             and
             Strength
             in
             a
             settled
             Government
             ;
             the
             Law
             will
             not
             suffer
             it
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             construed
             as
             in
             case
             of
             
               High
               Treason
            
             ;
             he
             that
             doth
             usurp
             upon
             it
             ,
             the
             Law
             doth
             intend
             that
             he
             hath
             purposed
             the
             destruction
             of
             the
             Prince
             ;
             he
             that
             doth
             assemble
             Power
             ,
             if
             the
             King
             doth
             Command
             him
             upon
             his
             Allegiance
             to
             dissolve
             his
             Company
             ,
             and
             he
             continue
             it
             ,
             without
             any
             question
             it
             is
             High
             Treason
             .
             He
             that
             doth
             levy
             Forces
             to
             take
             any
             Town
             in
             the
             Princes
             Dominions
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             likewise
             ;
             but
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             hath
             levied
             Power
             to
             take
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
             and
             to
             surprise
             the
             
               Queens
               own
               Court
            
             ;
             then
             this
             must
             needs
             be
             higher
             than
             the
             highest
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             doth
             fortifie
             himself
             against
             the
             Princes
             Power
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             Treason
             ;
             and
             by
             your
             favour
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             ,
             I
             will
             now
             speak
             a
             word
             unto
             you
             ;
             for
             I
             know
             you
             can
             speak
             as
             well
             as
             any
             man
             ,
             That
             whereas
             you
             say
             the
             Law
             of
             Nature
             compelled
             you
             to
             do
             this
             ,
             which
             in
             Judgment
             you
             have
             ,
             though
             most
             treacherously
             attempted
             .
             I
             will
             in
             a
             word
             disprove
             your
             own
             judgment
             ,
             admitting
             you
             must
             make
             that
             freely
             your
             Argument
             .
             First
             I
             will
             open
             the
             Quality
             of
             your
             Rebellion
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Manner
             of
             it
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             I
             will
             touch
             the
             Circumstances
             ;
             and
             lastly
             ,
             I
             will
             observe
             the
             Person
             .
             The
             Quality
             hath
             
               High
               Treason
            
             ;
             for
             which
             I
             think
             I
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             say
             any
             more
             .
             For
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             hold
             it
             an
             unnatural
             Act
             ,
             for
             a
             natural
             Subject
             to
             commit
             Treason
             against
             his
             natural
             Sovereign
             ;
             and
             methinks
             it
             cannot
             be
             by
             any
             probability
             denied
             ,
             but
             that
             this
             
               High
               Treason
            
             is
             ,
             and
             must
             ,
             be
             both
             against
             the
             
               Law
               of
               
               God
               ,
               Nature
               ,
               and
               Reason
            
             ;
             and
             under
             your
             Graces
             Favour
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             the
             manner
             of
             it
             being
             of
             so
             high
             a
             Nature
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             must
             needs
             be
             
               High
               Treason
            
             ,
             which
             was
             not
             only
             carried
             in
             their
             Hearts
             ,
             but
             for
             a
             continual
             Remembrance
             kept
             in
             a
             black
             Purse
             ,
             which
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             wore
             on
             his
             Breast
             next
             to
             his
             Skin
             .
             Let
             me
             note
             unto
             you
             my
             good
             Lord
             ,
             that
             they
             being
             both
             born
             under
             the
             Government
             of
             this
             Princess
             ,
             and
             so
             highly
             advanced
             by
             Her
             Majesties
             Favour
             ,
             should
             have
             trembled
             once
             to
             think
             of
             such
             Rebellion
             as
             they
             have
             Enterprised
             .
             Doth
             not
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             now
             enjoy
             his
             Earldome
             of
             Essex
             by
             the
             Gift
             of
             Henry
             the
             Eighth
             to
             his
             Father
             ?
             Was
             not
             he
             made
             Master
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             Horse
             at
             twenty
             two
             years
             of
             Age
             ?
             One
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             Council
             ?
             to
             be
             
               Earl
               Marshal
            
             of
             
               England
               ?
               General
            
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             Forces
             in
             Ireland
             ?
             and
             lastly
             ,
             hath
             he
             not
             received
             divers
             Gifts
             and
             Summs
             of
             Money
             (
             to
             his
             own
             use
             )
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             Gracious
             and
             Princely
             Bounty
             ,
             to
             the
             Value
             of
             thirty
             thousand
             Pound
             ?
             yet
             all
             these
             were
             as
             cleverly
             forgotten
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             had
             never
             been
             .
             Now
             shall
             I
             shew
             you
             the
             Person
             whom
             this
             concerns
             ,
             even
             Her
             Majesties
             Sacred
             Person
             ,
             against
             whom
             their
             Attempts
             have
             been
             ,
             only
             for
             the
             Undertaking
             of
             Gods
             Cause
             ,
             and
             exercising
             of
             Justice
             with
             admirable
             Mercy
             ;
             and
             though
             I
             cannot
             speak
             without
             reverent
             Commendations
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             most
             Honourable
             Justice
             ;
             yet
             I
             think
             her
             overmuch
             Clemency
             to
             some
             ,
             turneth
             to
             overmuch
             Cruelty
             for
             her self
             ;
             for
             though
             the
             Rebellious
             Attempts
             were
             so
             exceeding
             hainous
             ,
             yet
             out
             of
             her
             Princely
             Mercy
             ,
             no
             man
             was
             Racked
             ,
             Tortured
             ,
             or
             pressed
             to
             speak
             any
             thing
             further
             ,
             than
             of
             their
             own
             Accord
             ,
             and
             willing
             minds
             ,
             for
             discharge
             of
             their
             Consciences
             they
             uttered
             ;
             and
             then
             ,
             to
             see
             the
             Mercy
             of
             God
             that
             will
             have
             the
             Truth
             known
             ,
             it
             is
             admirable
             beyond
             the
             Conceit
             of
             Mans
             Capacity
             :
             For
             they
             being
             severally
             examined
             ,
             notwithstanding
             ,
             all
             agreed
             directly
             ,
             without
             varying
             .
             But
             when
             Her
             Majesty
             sent
             a
             Counsellor
             of
             State
             to
             have
             the
             Earl
             come
             before
             Her
             ,
             when
             she
             heard
             of
             his
             Rebellion
             ,
             for
             no
             other
             End
             or
             Purpose
             but
             for
             his
             Admonishment
             ,
             he
             refused
             to
             come
             ;
             and
             having
             a
             guilty
             
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             suspecting
             his
             Treasons
             were
             laid
             open
             ,
             took
             consultation
             to
             surprise
             the
             Court
             and
             the
             Tower
             of
             London
             ,
             all
             at
             one
             instant
             ,
             and
             for
             his
             purpose
             had
             appointed
             Blunt
             the
             custody
             of
             the
             Gates
             ,
             Sir
             
               Jo.
               Davis
            
             of
             the
             Hall
             ,
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Danvers
            
             of
             the
             Presence
             ,
             and
             himself
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             Person
             ;
             whereupon
             Blunt
             said
             ,
             Ah!
             in
             what
             humors
             shall
             we
             find
             them
             in
             at
             the
             Court
             ?
             this
             was
             not
             all
             ,
             for
             the
             Earl
             he
             must
             call
             a
             Parliament
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             decide
             matters
             not
             making
             for
             his
             purpose
             ,
             but
             now
             in
             Gods
             most
             just
             Judgement
             he
             of
             his
             Earldom
             shall
             be
             Robert
             the
             last
             ,
             that
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             thought
             to
             be
             Robert
             the
             First
             ,
             which
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             did
             not
             any
             whit
             amuse
             himself
             to
             give
             order
             ,
             that
             if
             he
             and
             his
             Complices
             should
             miscarry
             in
             London
             ,
             then
             the
             Councellors
             which
             he
             caused
             to
             be
             imprisoned
             in
             his
             House
             should
             be
             slain
             ,
             it
             was
             plain
             Treason
             in
             him
             to
             stand
             out
             ,
             being
             by
             them
             charged
             to
             dissolve
             his
             Company
             upon
             his
             Allegiance
             ;
             what
             shall
             I
             need
             to
             stand
             upon
             further
             proofs
             ,
             it
             is
             so
             Evident
             ,
             and
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             himself
             will
             not
             deny
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             had
             a
             Schedule
             containing
             in
             it
             divers
             of
             his
             Friends
             names
             ,
             which
             ,
             as
             I
             conjecture
             ,
             must
             needs
             contain
             some
             other
             matter
             ,
             for
             he
             durst
             not
             let
             it
             come
             to
             light
             ,
             but
             burnt
             it
             :
             and
             as
             for
             
               Owen
               Salisbury
               ,
               Davis
            
             and
             Tresham
             ,
             they
             must
             have
             the
             Guard
             of
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             ,
             to
             use
             them
             at
             their
             pleasure
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Will
             your
             Lordship
             give
             us
             our
             turns
             to
             speak
             ,
             for
             he
             playeth
             the
             Orator
             ,
             and
             abuseth
             your
             Lordships
             ears
             and
             us
             with
             slanders
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             but
             fashions
             of
             Orators
             in
             corrupt
             States
             ,
             considering
             some
             Privileges
             which
             we
             might
             challenge
             ;
             equal
             answers
             and
             equal
             hearing
             were
             indifferent
             ,
             for
             unless
             it
             will
             please
             your
             Lordship
             that
             we
             might
             answer
             to
             every
             particular
             ,
             we
             shall
             soon
             confound
             our
             own
             memories
             ,
             and
             give
             liberty
             and
             advantage
             to
             our
             Enemies
             whereupon
             to
             lay
             hold
             for
             lack
             of
             precise
             answer
             to
             each
             particular
             Objection
             ;
             and
             seeing
             now
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             that
             you
             have
             undertaken
             the
             place
             of
             a
             Judge
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             as
             you
             prove
             against
             ,
             we
             for
             our selves
             may
             answer
             what
             may
             fall
             out
             to
             be
             fit
             .
          
        
         
         
           Here
           the
           Lord
           of
           Essex
           was
           interrupted
           ,
           and
           not
           allowed
           to
           speak
           until
           
             Henry
             Witherington's
          
           Examination
           was
           read
           ,
           which
           imported
           thus
           much
           :
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Witherington's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   That
                   upon
                   the
                   Sunday
                   Morning
                   he
                   was
                   sent
                   for
                   to
                   Essex-house
                   ,
                   where
                   he
                   found
                   the
                   place
                   guarded
                   with
                   many
                   Gentlemen
                   in
                   Arms
                   ,
                   who
                   told
                   his
                   Vncle
                   that
                   came
                   in
                   his
                   Company
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   feared
                   they
                   were
                   come
                   into
                   an
                   ill
                   Action
                   ;
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Essex
                   bade
                   him
                   very
                   welcome
                   ,
                   and
                   intreated
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   with
                   him
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   feared
                   hurt
                   of
                   some
                   private
                   Enemies
                   .
                   And
                   when
                   Mr.
                   Withrington
                   perceived
                   the
                   Councel
                   were
                   stayed
                   ,
                   he
                   feared
                   danger
                   to
                   them
                   ;
                   for
                   he
                   heard
                   some
                   bid
                   ▪
                   
                     Stab
                     them
                  
                   ;
                   and
                   others
                   ,
                   
                     Let
                     us
                     make
                     an
                     end
                     of
                     them
                     ,
                     we
                     shall
                     have
                     the
                     fewer
                     to
                     deal
                     withal
                     .
                  
                   And
                   he
                   proves
                   further
                   ,
                   that
                   Order
                   was
                   left
                   ,
                   That
                   if
                   the
                   Earl
                   should
                   miscarry
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   then
                   the
                   Lord
                   Keeper
                   and
                   the
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   should
                   be
                   killed
                   ,
                   and
                   also
                   when
                   the
                   Councel
                   had
                   commanded
                   him
                   upon
                   his
                   Allegiance
                   to
                   dissolve
                   his
                   Forces
                   ,
                   he
                   answered
                   nothing
                   ;
                   he
                   likewise
                   saw
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Bedford
                   brought
                   in
                   that
                   Morning
                   ,
                   and
                   Mr.
                   Witherington
                   fearing
                   he
                   might
                   be
                   drawn
                   on
                   to
                   his
                   destruction
                   ,
                   prayed
                   him
                   only
                   to
                   follow
                   him
                   ,
                   for
                   when
                   opportunity
                   served
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   they
                   would
                   leave
                   the
                   Troop
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   followed
                   the
                   Earl
                   into
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   on
                   a
                   sudden
                   lost
                   him
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             not
             (
             I
             protest
             to
             God
             )
             speak
             to
             save
             my
             life
             ,
             for
             those
             that
             prosecute
             it
             against
             me
             ,
             shall
             do
             me
             a
             good
             turn
             to
             rid
             me
             of
             my
             misery
             ,
             and
             themselves
             out
             of
             fear
             ;
             as
             for
             Mr.
             Withrington
             ,
             he
             does
             much
             disparage
             himself
             if
             he
             saith
             so
             ,
             for
             I
             protest
             to
             God
             upon
             my
             Salvation
             ,
             I
             never
             heard
             such
             words
             as
             
               Kill
               him
               ,
               Kill
               him
            
             ,
             and
             Mr.
             Withrington
             came
             voluntarily
             to
             my
             House
             ,
             unsent
             for
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             fore-noon
             did
             come
             into
             our
             Company
             ,
             and
             took
             to
             heart
             as
             much
             as
             we
             did
             whatever
             we
             went
             about
             ;
             and
             these
             are
             but
             Reports
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             is
             The
             Witness
             is
             now
             sent
             into
             the
             Country
             about
             some
             imployments
             ,
             but
             if
             it
             had
             been
             a
             Secret
             ,
             Mr.
             Withrington
             being
             privie
             thereto
             ,
             might
             have
             been
             a
             good
             Witness
             ,
             but
             being
             so
             openly
             spoken
             (
             as
             you
             say
             )
             a
             hundred
             
             more
             might
             have
             testified
             it
             ,
             yet
             none
             spake
             it
             besides
             .
             And
             as
             for
             locking
             up
             the
             Councel
             ,
             I
             protest
             to
             God
             it
             was
             done
             in
             Charity
             ,
             and
             without
             disloyalty
             ,
             but
             intending
             only
             to
             save
             them
             ,
             lest
             they
             should
             take
             hurt
             ,
             considering
             the
             people
             abroad
             in
             the
             Streets
             with
             a
             great
             and
             sudden
             out
             cry
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               We
               shall
               be
               slain
            
             .
             At
             which
             time
             we
             thought
             our
             Enemies
             had
             been
             come
             to
             beset
             the
             house
             ,
             for
             my
             intent
             was
             no
             otherwise
             than
             Loyal
             to
             Her
             Majesty
             and
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Earl
             of
             Worcest
             .
          
           
             They
             proved
             in
             Court
             upon
             their
             Honors
             ,
             that
             they
             heard
             the
             words
             ,
             
               Kill
               them
               ,
               Kill
               them
            
             ,
             but
             they
             would
             not
             charge
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             that
             they
             were
             spoken
             either
             hy
             his
             privity
             or
             command
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Yea
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             you
             had
             three
             hundred
             men
             in
             Arms
             in
             your
             house
             ,
             why
             did
             you
             not
             dissolve
             them
             ,
             being
             commanded
             upon
             your
             Allegiance
             from
             the
             Queen
             to
             do
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             They
             hearing
             rumours
             of
             men
             about
             my
             house
             against
             them
             ,
             put
             them
             into
             such
             a
             fear
             and
             extasie
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             in
             my
             power
             suddenly
             to
             dissolve
             them
             ,
             or
             to
             quench
             their
             passions
             ,
             and
             the
             rather
             for
             that
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Raleigh
            
             desired
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             ,
             to
             leave
             their
             Company
             ,
             or
             else
             they
             would
             be
             all
             lost
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             stood
             amazed
             ,
             and
             knew
             not
             what
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
             Southampton
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             you
             speak
             all
             this
             as
             if
             it
             were
             as
             true
             as
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Good
             my
             Lord
             ,
             let
             me
             intreat
             you
             to
             mark
             the
             Circumstances
             ,
             word
             was
             brought
             that
             men
             were
             sent
             for
             into
             the
             Country
             to
             take
             us
             in
             our
             own
             houses
             ;
             then
             we
             conceiving
             the
             thirsty
             appetite
             of
             our
             private
             enemies
             ,
             took
             our selves
             to
             our
             Arms
             ,
             and
             were
             glad
             to
             stand
             upon
             our
             guard
             for
             our
             own
             defence
             .
             But
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Lords
             of
             the
             Council
             that
             came
             to
             my
             house
             ,
             we
             being
             before
             advertised
             that
             we
             should
             be
             beset
             ,
             thought
             it
             the
             securest
             way
             for
             those
             of
             the
             Council
             to
             keep
             them
             there
             ,
             not
             knowing
             what
             mischief
             would
             ensue
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             your
             Grace
             sees
             that
             this
             is
             without
             colour
             or
             question
             ,
             for
             my
             Lord
             
               Chief
               Justice
            
             hath
             proved
             it
             plain
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             not
             dissolve
             their
             Company
             that
             was
             up
             in
             Arms
             ,
             being
             charged
             upon
             their
             Allegiance
             so
             to
             do
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Good
             my
             Lord
             ,
             know
             whether
             it
             were
             in
             my
             Lord
             of
             Southampton's
             power
             or
             in
             mine
             to
             withhold
             their
             purposes
             so
             suddenly
             :
             For
             ,
             not
             long
             before
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Raleigh
            
             had
             sent
             to
             my
             house
             to
             have
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             to
             come
             to
             him
             to
             Durham-House
             ,
             and
             we
             fearing
             him
             to
             be
             a
             private
             Enemy
             ,
             would
             not
             suffer
             Sir
             Ferdinando
             to
             go
             thither
             ,
             but
             returned
             answer
             ,
             that
             he
             would
             meet
             him
             on
             the
             water
             upon
             equal
             tearms
             ,
             where
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Raleigh
            
             used
             the
             former
             Speeches
             to
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             ,
             wishing
             him
             to
             leave
             our
             Company
             ,
             or
             else
             he
             would
             be
             undone
             ;
             and
             whereas
             we
             are
             charged
             to
             have
             dealt
             with
             Papists
             ,
             I
             assure
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             most
             true
             ,
             that
             Papists
             have
             been
             hired
             and
             suborned
             to
             Witness
             against
             me
             ,
             as
             by
             the
             means
             of
             one
             Sudall
             ,
             who
             was
             a
             
               Seminary
               Priest
            
             ,
             and
             sent
             into
             Ireland
             to
             deal
             with
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Blunt
            
             ,
             whom
             he
             thought
             to
             be
             inward
             with
             me
             ,
             to
             touch
             my
             Honour
             and
             Reputation
             .
             Then
             Bales
             the
             Scrivener
             in
             the
             
               Old
               Bayly
            
             hath
             confessed
             under
             his
             hand
             to
             forge
             and
             counterfeit
             my
             hand
             in
             at
             least
             two
             Letters
             ,
             and
             these
             two
             honest
             Gentlemen
             can
             witness
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             I
             by
             my
             troth
             this
             is
             true
             ,
             but
             it
             was
             by
             the
             procurement
             of
             one
             of
             your
             own
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Thou
             swearest
             it
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             not
             on
             a
             Book
             ;
             that
             man
             thou
             sayest
             I
             procured
             to
             do
             it
             ,
             his
             name
             is
             
               John
               Daniel
            
             an
             arrant
             Thief
             ,
             one
             that
             broke
             a
             Standard
             of
             mine
             ,
             and
             stole
             a
             Casket
             of
             my
             Wives
             ,
             and
             many
             other
             things
             .
             It
             is
             very
             probable
             that
             I
             should
             trust
             him
             so
             far
             ,
             that
             had
             before
             betrayed
             me
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             ?
             But
             it
             is
             well
             known
             who
             set
             him
             at
             work
             to
             attempt
             against
             me
             so
             much
             as
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             to
             procure
             my
             hand
             to
             be
             counterfeited
             ,
             and
             yet
             this
             man
             by
             your
             Judgement
             must
             be
             a
             practiser
             in
             such
             matters
             by
             my
             own
             consent
             ;
             well
             ,
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             I
             thank
             God
             you
             are
             not
             my
             Judge
             this
             day
             ,
             you
             are
             so
             uncharitable
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             we
             shall
             prove
             you
             anon
             what
             you
             are
             ,
             which
             your
             Pride
             of
             Heart
             ,
             and
             aspiring
             Mind
             hath
             brought
             you
             unto
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Ah!
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             lay
             your
             hand
             upon
             your
             Heart
             ,
             and
             pray
             to
             God
             to
             forgive
             us
             both
             .
          
        
         
           
             Raleigh
             .
          
           
             That
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             told
             me
             upon
             the
             
             Water
             ,
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             had
             put
             himself
             into
             a
             strong
             Guard
             at
             Essex-house
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             like
             to
             be
             the
             bloodiest
             day's
             work
             that
             ever
             was
             ,
             wishing
             him
             to
             go
             to
             Court
             with
             speed
             for
             prevention
             thereof
             .
             Then
             Sir
             Walter
             wished
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             to
             refuse
             their
             Company
             ,
             else
             he
             would
             be
             undone
             .
             
               To
               this
               Sir
            
             Walter
             
               was
               sworn
            
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Whatsoever
             Sir
             
               Walter
               Raleigh
            
             hath
             said
             ,
             differeth
             altogether
             from
             that
             which
             Sir
             Ferdinando
             told
             us
             at
             Essex-house
             upon
             his
             Return
             from
             the
             Water
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Well
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             what
             can
             you
             devise
             to
             say
             for
             Sir
             
               John
               Davis
            
             ,
             another
             of
             your
             Adherents
             ?
             that
             Papist
             ,
             for
             he
             hath
             confessed
             that
             he
             is
             a
             Papist
             and
             a
             Catholick
             ,
             and
             drawn
             in
             by
             Sir
             
               Christopher
               Blunt
            
             ,
             one
             of
             your
             chiefest
             Councel
             ,
             and
             that
             he
             called
             for
             a
             
               Seminary
               Priest
            
             upon
             his
             convertment
             to
             absolve
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             If
             Sir
             
               John
               Davis
            
             were
             such
             a
             man
             ,
             it
             cannot
             be
             but
             strange
             to
             me
             to
             hear
             it
             ;
             although
             I
             cannot
             search
             into
             the
             Secrets
             of
             his
             Heart
             to
             accuse
             him
             inwardly
             ,
             yet
             I
             have
             seen
             him
             dutifully
             come
             to
             Prayers
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Service
             of
             God
             in
             my
             own
             House
             with
             me
             ,
             and
             behaved
             himself
             very
             Godlily
             ,
             and
             of
             this
             I
             can
             be
             witness
             :
             and
             as
             for
             Blunt
             (
             God
             is
             my
             witness
             )
             I
             have
             been
             so
             far
             from
             Popery
             ,
             as
             I
             have
             so
             earnestly
             dealt
             with
             him
             to
             reform
             himself
             ,
             insomuch
             ,
             that
             he
             hath
             told
             me
             ,
             I
             have
             been
             very
             passionate
             :
             But
             whereas
             you
             say
             we
             have
             committed
             Treason
             ,
             first
             prove
             that
             true
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sergeant
             Yelvert
             .
          
           
             Why
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             if
             you
             deny
             the
             raising
             the
             Power
             ,
             why
             should
             so
             many
             men
             come
             to
             your
             house
             that
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Southampt
             .
          
           
             By
             your
             favour
             ,
             Mr.
             Sergeant
             Yelverton
             ,
             a
             word
             I
             hope
             ;
             for
             my
             coming
             thither
             ,
             it
             was
             not
             strange
             news
             ,
             and
             when
             I
             came
             that
             same
             morning
             to
             Essex-house
             ,
             I
             protest
             I
             had
             not
             above
             ten
             or
             twelve
             men
             attending
             me
             ,
             which
             was
             but
             my
             usual
             company
             ,
             therefore
             far
             from
             purposing
             to
             raise
             a
             Tumult
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
             Gen.
             
          
           
             Why
             ,
             the
             reason
             of
             that
             was
             ,
             for
             that
             you
             thought
             all
             London
             would
             have
             risen
             with
             you
             ;
             but
             good
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             beseech
             your
             Grace
             to
             hear
             the
             Oath
             of
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             ,
             whose
             Evidence
             was
             read
             ,
             and
             himself
             there
             in
             person
             did
             justifie
             the
             same
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Ferdinando
                   Gorges
                   
                     his
                     Confession
                  
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   deposeth
                   ,
                   that
                   in
                   
                     January
                     last
                  
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   wrote
                   to
                   him
                   a
                   Letter
                   ,
                   wherein
                   he
                   complained
                   grievously
                   of
                   his
                   mis-fortunes
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   miserable
                   Estate
                   he
                   stood
                   in
                   ,
                   whereof
                   he
                   purposed
                   shortly
                   to
                   free
                   himself
                   ;
                   and
                   therefore
                   prayed
                   Sir
                   
                     Ferdinando
                     Gorges
                  
                   to
                   come
                   up
                   to
                   London
                   to
                   him
                   ;
                   who
                   coming
                   accordingly
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   told
                   him
                   how
                   mightily
                   he
                   was
                   crosed
                   and
                   discredited
                   by
                   his
                   private
                   enemies
                   ,
                   which
                   he
                   could
                   not
                   endure
                   ;
                   for
                   ,
                   
                     saith
                     he
                  
                   ,
                   I
                   have
                   120
                   Earls
                   ,
                   Barons
                   ,
                   and
                   Gentlemen
                   that
                   participate
                   in
                   my
                   discontented
                   humour
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   joyn
                   with
                   me
                   ,
                   and
                   I
                   desire
                   your
                   help
                   and
                   counsel
                   therein
                   .
                   One
                   especial
                   Friend
                   I
                   have
                   in
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   whereby
                   I
                   have
                   intelligence
                   from
                   time
                   to
                   time
                   :
                   And
                   I
                   hold
                   our selves
                   indifferently
                   affected
                   by
                   the
                   Citizens
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   hope
                   to
                   have
                   a
                   good
                   Party
                   in
                   Wales
                   :
                   He
                   confessed
                   also
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   two
                   several
                   Meetings
                   at
                   Drury-house
                   to
                   Consult
                   of
                   these
                   Matters
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Projects
                   were
                   ,
                   whether
                   it
                   were
                   better
                   first
                   to
                   surprize
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Tower
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   or
                   to
                   stirr
                   in
                   the
                   City
                   .
                   But
                   most
                   agreed
                   first
                   to
                   surprize
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   and
                   there
                   Sir
                   
                     John
                     Davis
                  
                   took
                   Pen
                   ,
                   Ink
                   ,
                   and
                   Paper
                   ,
                   and
                   set
                   down
                   ,
                   That
                   some
                   should
                   keep
                   the
                   Hall
                   ,
                   some
                   the
                   Court-Gates
                   ,
                   some
                   the
                   Guard-Chamber
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   the
                   Presence-Chamber
                   ;
                   saying
                   ,
                   many
                   of
                   the
                   Guard
                   had
                   been
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   his
                   Servants
                   ,
                   and
                   were
                   preferred
                   to
                   the
                   Queen
                   by
                   him
                   ,
                   and
                   will
                   be
                   more
                   indifferent
                   to
                   deal
                   with
                   than
                   others
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   my
                   Lord
                   shall
                   have
                   a
                   way
                   through
                   his
                   own
                   Guards
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   the
                   Privie-Chamber
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Presence
                   of
                   the
                   Queen
                   .
                   And
                   Sir
                   
                     Ferdinando
                     Gorges
                  
                   said
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   ,
                   Alas
                   ,
                   My
                   Lord
                   !
                   what
                   is
                   so
                   small
                   a
                   number
                   of
                   men
                   able
                   to
                   do
                   in
                   so
                   worthy
                   an
                   Action
                   ?
                   and
                   so
                   dissuaded
                   the
                   Earl
                   from
                   surprizing
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   rather
                   bade
                   him
                   submit
                   himself
                   to
                   the
                   Queens
                   mercy
                   ,
                   than
                   proceed
                   any
                   further
                   .
                   And
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   said
                   at
                   Essex-house
                   ,
                   Is
                   it
                   not
                   three
                   Months
                   since
                   this
                   Plot
                   began
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   we
                   resolve
                   on
                   nothing
                   ?
                   Then
                   upon
                   a
                   sudden
                   they
                   all
                   agreed
                   first
                   to
                   stir
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   where
                   they
                   assured
                   themselves
                   of
                   great
                   favour
                   :
                   and
                   after
                   the
                   Council
                   was
                   locked
                   up
                   ,
                   this
                   Deponent
                   followed
                   the
                   Troops
                   into
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   some
                   advice
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   sent
                   him
                   back
                   again
                   with
                   a
                   Token
                   to
                   deliver
                   to
                   the
                   Lord
                   Chief
                   Justice
                   only
                   ,
                   by
                   colour
                   of
                   which
                   Token
                   he
                   set
                   at
                   Liberty
                   the
                   Lord
                   Keeper
                   and
                   the
                   rest
                   .
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   he
                   
                   confirmed
                   that
                   he
                   told
                   Sir
                   
                     Walter
                     Raleigh
                  
                   first
                   upon
                   the
                   Thames
                   of
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Essex
                   his
                   making
                   his
                   House
                   a
                   Guard
                   ,
                   and
                   putting
                   his
                   Friends
                   into
                   Arms
                   ,
                   as
                   it
                   is
                   delivered
                   by
                   Sir
                   
                     Walt.
                     Raleigh
                  
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Queens
             Counc
             .
          
           
             They
             desired
             that
             the
             Examination
             of
             Sir
             
               Cha.
               Danvers
            
             might
             be
             read
             ,
             which
             being
             produced
             ,
             was
             then
             read
             to
             this
             effect
             :
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Charles
                   Danvers's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   confesseth
                   that
                   before
                   Christmas
                   last
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   entred
                   into
                   Consideration
                   ,
                   how
                   he
                   might
                   secure
                   himself
                   to
                   have
                   access
                   to
                   the
                   Queens
                   Presence
                   without
                   resistance
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Resolution
                   was
                   agreeable
                   to
                   certain
                   Articles
                   written
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   his
                   own
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   sent
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   to
                   surprize
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   there
                   were
                   divers
                   Consultations
                   about
                   it
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Points
                   were
                   these
                   :
                   First
                   ,
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Tower
                   ,
                   for
                   it
                   would
                   command
                   London
                   ,
                   then
                   to
                   surprize
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   ,
                   the
                   Court
                   being
                   taken
                   and
                   possessed
                   ,
                   to
                   have
                   assembled
                   the
                   rest
                   of
                   their
                   Friends
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   have
                   presented
                   themselves
                   to
                   the
                   Queen
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   being
                   done
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Guard
                   secured
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Christopher
                     Blunt
                  
                   should
                   keep
                   the
                   outward
                   Gates
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     John
                     Davis
                  
                   the
                   Hall
                   and
                   Water-gate
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Charles
                     Danvers
                  
                   (
                   this
                   Deponent
                   )
                   should
                   keep
                   the
                   Presence
                   and
                   Guard-Chamber
                   ,
                   and
                   seize
                   upon
                   the
                   Halberts
                   and
                   Pentioners
                   Battle-Axes
                   .
                   The
                   Intent
                   was
                   to
                   surprize
                   the
                   Captain
                   of
                   the
                   Guard
                   at
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   or
                   at
                   his
                   own
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   some
                   others
                   ;
                   and
                   then
                   to
                   surprize
                   the
                   City
                   of
                   London
                   :
                   And
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   resolved
                   (
                   these
                   things
                   being
                   accomplished
                   )
                   immediately
                   to
                   have
                   called
                   a
                   Parliament
                   to
                   reform
                   Disorders
                   and
                   private
                   Grievances
                   :
                   That
                   this
                   Deponent
                   utterly
                   disliked
                   of
                   these
                   Courses
                   ,
                   and
                   after
                   the
                   Alarm
                   was
                   given
                   at
                   Court
                   ,
                   he
                   perswaded
                   the
                   Earl
                   rather
                   to
                   flee
                   into
                   Wales
                   ,
                   or
                   other
                   parts
                   beyond
                   the
                   Seas
                   for
                   his
                   security
                   ,
                   and
                   avoiding
                   the
                   imminent
                   danger
                   he
                   was
                   fallen
                   into
                   ,
                   than
                   to
                   trust
                   to
                   the
                   City
                   .
                   And
                   lastly
                   ,
                   he
                   protested
                   ,
                   for
                   his
                   own
                   part
                   ,
                   what
                   he
                   had
                   done
                   in
                   the
                   business
                   ,
                   was
                   meerly
                   for
                   the
                   Love
                   he
                   bore
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   ,
                   and
                   not
                   for
                   any
                   Malice
                   or
                   private
                   Discontent
                   otherwise
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           [
           When
           this
           was
           read
           ,
           Mr.
           
             Attorney
             General
          
           produced
           the
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           
             John
             Davis
          
           ,
           which
           contained
           in
           effect
           as
           followeth
           .
           ]
        
         
           
           
             
               
                 
                   Sir
                   John
                   Davis's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Earl's
                   Purpose
                   was
                   ,
                   to
                   possess
                   himself
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   take
                   the
                   Tower
                   of
                   London
                   ;
                   and
                   that
                   they
                   had
                   several
                   Meetings
                   of
                   Consultation
                   together
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Ferdinando
                     Gorges
                     ,
                     Jo.
                     Littleton
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Christopher
                     Blunt
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Charles
                     Danvers
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   this
                   Deponent
                   .
                   And
                   these
                   Matters
                   (
                   he
                   confesseth
                   )
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   set
                   down
                   all
                   with
                   his
                   own
                   Hand
                   ,
                   viz.
                   Sir
                   
                     Christopher
                     Blunt
                  
                   to
                   keep
                   the
                   outward
                   Gate
                   of
                   the
                   Court
                   hismelf
                   ▪
                   this
                   Deponent
                   the
                   Hall
                   and
                   Water-gate
                   ,
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     Charles
                     Danvers
                  
                   the
                   Presence
                   and
                   Guard-Chamber
                   ;
                   then
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Essex
                   and
                   his
                   Forces
                   would
                   have
                   come
                   by
                   Land
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   have
                   possessed
                   the
                   presence
                   of
                   the
                   Queen
                   .
                   The
                   question
                   was
                   asked
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   (
                   as
                   this
                   Deponent
                   saith
                   )
                   how
                   he
                   would
                   deal
                   with
                   Offenders
                   ,
                   and
                   such
                   as
                   resisted
                   him
                   after
                   he
                   should
                   be
                   possessed
                   of
                   these
                   things
                   .
                   He
                   resolved
                   them
                   by
                   way
                   of
                   Answer
                   ,
                   that
                   he
                   meant
                   to
                   admit
                   them
                   all
                   to
                   an
                   Honourable
                   Tryal
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           There
           is
           another
           Examination
           of
           Sir
           
             Christopher
             Blunt's
          
           ,
           I
           pray
           let
           that
           be
           read
           .
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Sir
                   Christopher
                   Blunt's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   four
                   or
                   five
                   days
                   before
                   the
                   Insurrection
                   in
                   London
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   set
                   down
                   divers
                   Articles
                   with
                   his
                   own
                   Hand
                   ,
                   with
                   Petitions
                   to
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Charles
                     Danvers
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     John
                     Davis
                  
                   ,
                   Sir
                   
                     Ferdinando
                     Gorges
                     ,
                     Jo.
                     Littleton
                  
                   and
                   this
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   which
                   were
                   to
                   the
                   Effect
                   ,
                   before
                   remembred
                   ;
                   and
                   further
                   this
                   Deponent
                   remembreth
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   his
                   purpose
                   was
                   ,
                   (
                   after
                   these
                   things
                   should
                   be
                   overpassed
                   and
                   settled
                   )
                   to
                   alter
                   the
                   State
                   of
                   Government
                   ;
                   And
                   further
                   this
                   Deponent
                   confesseth
                   himself
                   to
                   be
                   reconciled
                   to
                   the
                   Pope
                   ;
                   and
                   moreover
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   looked
                   not
                   that
                   any
                   should
                   be
                   troubled
                   for
                   Religion
                   and
                   Liberty
                   of
                   Conscience
                   ;
                   that
                   he
                   received
                   Letters
                   from
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   the
                   twentieth
                   of
                   January
                   to
                   come
                   to
                   London
                   ,
                   whereupon
                   he
                   came
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   The
                   Earl
                   of
                   Rutland's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   being
                   in
                   London
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   ,
                   he
                   heard
                   him
                   crie
                   out
                   in
                   the
                   Streets
                   ,
                   England
                   is
                   bought
                   and
                   
                   sold
                   to
                   the
                   Spaniard
                   ;
                   and
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   when
                   they
                   had
                   been
                   possessed
                   of
                   London
                   ,
                   their
                   Purpose
                   was
                   to
                   have
                   taken
                   the
                   
                     Lord
                     Keeper
                  
                   with
                   them
                   to
                   the
                   Court
                   ,
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   his
                   Company
                   ,
                   and
                   that
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   and
                   Sir
                   
                     John
                     Davies
                  
                   were
                   in
                   special
                   Confederacy
                   and
                   trust
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   in
                   these
                   Causes
                   .
                   Lastly
                   ,
                   That
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   said
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   sure
                   of
                   Sheriff
                   Smith
                   :
                   and
                   this
                   Deponent
                   specially
                   noted
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   was
                   very
                   much
                   discontented
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Cromwel's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   he
                   never
                   heard
                   of
                   the
                   matter
                   till
                   the
                   same
                   Sunday-morning
                   ;
                   when
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   ,
                   coming
                   through
                   Fleet-street
                   ,
                   where
                   this
                   Deponent
                   lay
                   ,
                   and
                   being
                   sent
                   for
                   by
                   a
                   man
                   of
                   my
                   Lord's
                   ,
                   he
                   came
                   into
                   the
                   Street
                   to
                   him
                   ,
                   where
                   my
                   Lord
                   and
                   divers
                   of
                   his
                   followers
                   took
                   him
                   by
                   the
                   hand
                   ,
                   and
                   bade
                   him
                   welcome
                   ,
                   praying
                   him
                   to
                   go
                   along
                   with
                   him
                   ;
                   and
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   cry'd
                   ,
                   It
                   is
                   for
                   the
                   good
                   of
                   the
                   Queen
                   ,
                   and
                   of
                   you
                   all
                   ,
                   my
                   Masters
                   .
                   First
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   to
                   the
                   Mayor's
                   House
                   ,
                   and
                   then
                   to
                   Sheriff
                   Smith's
                   House
                   ;
                   and
                   being
                   in
                   
                     Gracious
                     street
                  
                   ,
                   and
                   hearing
                   of
                   the
                   Proclamation
                   ,
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   said
                   ,
                   Where
                   is
                   the
                   Sheriff
                   ?
                   let
                   him
                   bring
                   Muskets
                   and
                   Pistols
                   ;
                   for
                   I
                   am
                   credibly
                   informed
                   out
                   of
                   Ireland
                   ,
                   that
                   the
                   Kingdom
                   of
                   England
                   is
                   sold
                   to
                   the
                   Spaniard
                   :
                   and
                   so
                   upon
                   the
                   Proclamation
                   the
                   Deponent
                   left
                   him
                   and
                   his
                   Company
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Sands
                   his
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   he
                   was
                   sent
                   for
                   ,
                   on
                   Sunday-morning
                   ,
                   the
                   same
                   day
                   ,
                   by
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   ,
                   and
                   coming
                   to
                   Essex-house
                   ,
                   he
                   found
                   then
                   but
                   a
                   few
                   there
                   ;
                   but
                   in
                   a
                   short
                   time
                   after
                   ,
                   came
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Southampton
                   with
                   the
                   rest
                   .
                   This
                   Deponent
                   agreeth
                   in
                   divers
                   other
                   Circumstances
                   with
                   former
                   Examinations
                   .
                   He
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   into
                   London
                   ,
                   and
                   came
                   back
                   with
                   him
                   to
                   Ludgate
                   ,
                   and
                   there
                   being
                   repulsed
                   ,
                   he
                   heard
                   my
                   Lord
                   of
                   Essex
                   cry
                   Charge
                   ,
                   Charge
                   ,
                   and
                   call
                   for
                   his
                   Horse
                   :
                   and
                   he
                   saith
                   ,
                   that
                   Sheriff
                   Smith
                   was
                   as
                   far
                   in
                   the
                   Matter
                   as
                   the
                   best
                   of
                   them
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             .
          
           
             Here
             Mr.
             Attorney
             urged
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             a
             Combination
             ;
             and
             one
             Pashell
             affirmed
             the
             burning
             of
             a
             black
             Purse
             by
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             which
             my
             Lord
             confesseth
             ,
             
             but
             saith
             ,
             that
             there
             was
             nothing
             in
             it
             ,
             but
             a
             Key
             of
             an
             Iron-Chest
             ,
             which
             he
             took
             out
             ,
             and
             burnt
             a
             Paper
             in
             the
             same
             Purse
             ,
             which
             did
             not
             contain
             above
             five
             or
             six
             Lines
             of
             secret
             Matter
             ;
             and
             for
             that
             he
             would
             not
             have
             so
             much
             as
             their
             Names
             drawn
             into
             question
             ,
             which
             were
             altogether
             ignorant
             of
             these
             Occurrents
             ,
             did
             throw
             the
             Purse
             and
             Paper
             into
             the
             fire
             .
             And
             al●o
             Pashell
             confesseth
             further
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             came
             out
             of
             London
             ,
             to
             his
             House
             ,
             he
             told
             them
             ,
             that
             he
             was
             belov'd
             in
             the
             City
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               
                 
                   Lord
                   Mounteagle's
                   Examination
                   .
                
                 
                   He
                   saith
                   ,
                   He
                   had
                   no
                   fore-knowledge
                   of
                   these
                   Matters
                   ,
                   but
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   he
                   followed
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   down
                   Fleet-street
                   ,
                   intending
                   to
                   go
                   to
                   the
                   Mayor
                   ,
                   and
                   so
                   to
                   his
                   House
                   in
                   Seething-Lane
                   .
                   And
                   this
                   Deponent
                   ,
                   being
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   of
                   Essex
                   in
                   
                     Gracious
                     Street
                  
                   ,
                   confesseth
                   ,
                   he
                   did
                   hear
                   the
                   Earl
                   (
                   when
                   the
                   Lord
                   Burleigh
                   came
                   with
                   the
                   Herald
                   of
                   Arms
                   )
                   command
                   some
                   of
                   his
                   Followers
                   ,
                   to
                   bid
                   the
                   Herald
                   stay
                   ,
                   for
                   he
                   would
                   not
                   hear
                   him
                   abuse
                   the
                   Queens
                   Name
                   .
                   He
                   saith
                   also
                   ,
                   he
                   went
                   back
                   with
                   the
                   Earl
                   to
                   Ludgate
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   were
                   repulsed
                   .
                
              
            
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             beseech
             your
             Grace
             ,
             and
             you
             ,
             my
             Lords
             ,
             that
             be
             the
             Peers
             ,
             let
             the
             due
             Consideration
             of
             these
             several
             Examinations
             and
             Depositions
             enter
             into
             your
             Hearts
             ;
             and
             do
             but
             note
             ,
             they
             have
             all
             agreed
             and
             jumped
             together
             in
             each
             particular
             point
             ,
             notwithstanding
             they
             were
             all
             severally
             examined
             ;
             but
             I
             must
             needs
             think
             it
             the
             just
             Judgment
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             his
             meer
             Mercy
             towards
             our
             Sovereign
             ,
             to
             have
             the
             Truth
             so
             marvellously
             revealed
             ,
             coming
             from
             them
             of
             their
             own
             Accords
             ,
             without
             Back
             or
             Torture
             to
             any
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             I
             answer
             then
             this
             for
             that
             point
             ,
             the
             self-same
             Fear
             ,
             and
             the
             self-same
             Examiner
             ,
             may
             make
             these
             several
             Examinations
             agree
             all
             in
             one
             ,
             were
             they
             never
             so
             far
             distant
             ;
             but
             good
             my
             Lord
             ,
             let
             me
             intreat
             your
             Lordship
             to
             consider
             who
             they
             be
             that
             testifie
             
             this
             against
             me
             ;
             My
             Lord
             ,
             they
             are
             men
             within
             the
             danger
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             such
             as
             speak
             with
             a
             Desire
             to
             live
             ,
             but
             I
             think
             they
             have
             much
             to
             answer
             for
             between
             God
             ▪
             and
             their
             Souls
             ,
             and
             me
             :
             I
             see
             they
             charge
             me
             with
             the
             Surprizing
             of
             the
             Tower
             ;
             but
             upon
             what
             ground
             do
             they
             speak
             ?
             they
             had
             only
             some
             particular
             Notes
             of
             my
             Friends
             names
             ,
             but
             ever
             very
             scornfully
             dashed
             at
             me
             ;
             For
             when
             my
             Friends
             perswaded
             me
             to
             any
             course
             ,
             this
             was
             my
             purpose
             ;
             to
             have
             come
             with
             eight
             or
             nine
             Honourable
             Persons
             ,
             who
             had
             just
             cause
             of
             discontentment
             (
             though
             not
             equal
             with
             mine
             )
             unto
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             so
             by
             Petition
             ,
             prostrating
             our selves
             at
             her
             Majesties
             feet
             ,
             to
             have
             put
             our selves
             unto
             her
             Mercy
             ;
             and
             the
             Effect
             of
             our
             Desires
             should
             have
             been
             ,
             that
             she
             would
             have
             been
             pleased
             to
             have
             severed
             some
             from
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             who
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             their
             Potency
             with
             her
             ,
             abused
             her
             Majesties
             ears
             with
             false
             Informations
             :
             and
             they
             were
             
               Cobham
               ,
               Cecil
            
             ,
             and
             Raleigh
             :
             For
             we
             thought
             my
             Lord
             Cobham
             carried
             himself
             in
             such
             factious
             and
             dangerous
             Courses
             ,
             as
             he
             told
             her
             Majesty
             many
             Untruths
             ,
             which
             was
             a
             principal
             Cause
             (
             as
             I
             think
             )
             of
             withdrawing
             her
             Favour
             from
             us
             .
             And
             to
             that
             intent
             ,
             to
             remove
             such
             from
             her
             Highness
             (
             I
             confess
             )
             was
             the
             only
             Desire
             we
             had
             to
             present
             our selves
             in
             all
             humility
             before
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             but
             without
             any
             purpose
             of
             Hurt
             to
             her
             Highness
             :
             for
             ,
             I
             protest
             before
             God
             ,
             I
             do
             carry
             a
             Reverent
             and
             Loyal
             Duty
             to
             her
             Majesty
             as
             any
             man
             in
             the
             World.
             But
             now
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             seeing
             that
             I
             have
             heard
             the
             Testimony
             of
             Sir
             
               Ferdinando
               Gorges
            
             ,
             and
             himself
             here
             in
             Court
             to
             testifie
             it
             ,
             I
             will
             say
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             that
             if
             it
             please
             her
             Majesty
             to
             be
             merciful
             unto
             him
             ,
             I
             will
             be
             glad
             ,
             and
             pray
             for
             it
             ;
             yet
             whatsoever
             he
             hath
             said
             ,
             let
             my
             Life
             and
             his
             Dealing
             testifie
             the
             truth
             :
             and
             ,
             Sir
             Ferdinando
             ,
             speak
             nothing
             to
             touch
             thy self
             ,
             and
             speak
             what
             thou
             wilt
             to
             me
             ;
             for
             I
             see
             thou
             desirest
             to
             live
             ,
             yet
             speak
             like
             a
             man.
             
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Admiral
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             my self
             and
             fellow-Peers
             ,
             that
             Gorges
             might
             unfold
             openly
             what
             other
             Secrets
             have
             pass'd
             between
             him
             and
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             ,
             touching
             the
             State.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Ah
             ,
             my
             Lord
             Admiral
             ,
             assure
             your self
             ,
             in
             faith
             ,
             no
             Treason
             ;
             but
             yet
             ,
             I
             pray
             thee
             ,
             good
             Sir
             Ferdinando
             ,
             speak
             openly
             ,
             whatsoever
             thou
             do'st
             remember
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             my
             Heart
             I
             desire
             thee
             to
             speak
             freely
             .
          
        
         
           
             Gorges
             .
          
           
             All
             that
             I
             can
             remember
             ,
             I
             have
             delivered
             in
             my
             Examination
             ,
             and
             further
             I
             cannot
             say
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Yes
             ,
             Ferdinand
             .
             If
             ever
             you
             knew
             any
             other
             matter
             which
             contained
             any
             Thought
             of
             Treason
             or
             Disloyalty
             ,
             speak
             it
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             things
             not
             to
             be
             forgotten
             .
          
        
         
           
             Southampton
             .
          
           
             Good
             Sir
             Ferdinando
             ,
             satisfie
             the
             Court
             ,
             what
             was
             intended
             among
             all
             our
             Conferences
             and
             talk
             of
             our
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             Discontentments
             ,
             and
             Consultations
             ,
             what
             was
             our
             best
             Course
             for
             our
             Defence
             against
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Gorges
             .
          
           
             Some
             delivered
             their
             minds
             one
             way
             ,
             some
             another
             ;
             but
             ,
             by
             the
             Oath
             I
             have
             taken
             ,
             I
             did
             never
             know
             or
             hear
             any
             thought
             or
             purpose
             of
             Hurt
             or
             Disloyalty
             intended
             to
             her
             Majesties
             Person
             by
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Admiral
             .
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             for
             the
             better
             satisfaction
             of
             my
             Conscience
             ,
             whether
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             did
             at
             any
             time
             deliver
             out
             any
             Articles
             in
             Writing
             under
             his
             hand
             ,
             therein
             laying
             open
             the
             Projects
             of
             his
             Purpose
             for
             Surprising
             the
             Court
             and
             Tower.
             
          
        
         
           
             Southampton
             .
          
           
             It
             was
             a
             foolish
             Action
             ,
             I
             must
             needs
             confess
             ,
             the
             going
             through
             the
             Town
             ,
             and
             that
             was
             suddenly
             passed
             over
             ;
             but
             my
             Lord's
             purpose
             to
             have
             men
             planted
             at
             the
             Court
             ,
             was
             ,
             in
             regard
             he
             feared
             hindrance
             by
             private
             Enemies
             ,
             that
             would
             have
             stopped
             his
             passage
             to
             the
             Queen
             :
             which
             ,
             I
             protest
             ,
             he
             intended
             to
             no
             other
             end
             ,
             but
             to
             prostrate
             himself
             at
             her
             Majesties
             feet
             ,
             and
             submit
             to
             her
             mercy
             ;
             as
             ye
             have
             formerly
             heard
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cobham
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             (
             quoth
             the
             Lord
             Cobham
             ,
             standing
             up
             )
             let
             me
             know
             ,
             I
             intreat
             you
             ,
             why
             you
             lay
             such
             Imputations
             upon
             me
             ,
             as
             you
             have
             delivered
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             have
             forgiven
             all
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             therefore
             you
             shall
             not
             need
             to
             insist
             upon
             these
             Circumstances
             ;
             for
             I
             lay
             not
             my
             Cause
             upon
             ought
             that
             shall
             do
             your
             Lordship
             any
             harm
             for
             my
             sake
             ;
             for
             ,
             I
             protest
             ,
             my
             heart
             bears
             you
             no
             Malice
             ,
             but
             what
             I
             spake
             was
             freely
             ,
             and
             in
             Gods
             presence
             ,
             hoping
             
             her
             Majesty
             would
             have
             heard
             us
             and
             our
             Complaints
             ,
             being
             but
             true
             ;
             And
             I
             do
             further
             assure
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             that
             I
             never
             spake
             it
             out
             of
             Fear
             of
             Death
             ,
             or
             Desire
             of
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bacon
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             may
             it
             please
             your
             Grace
             ,
             whatsoever
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             hath
             here
             denied
             ,
             in
             my
             conceit
             it
             seemeth
             to
             be
             small
             .
             I
             speak
             not
             to
             any
             ordinary
             Jury
             ,
             but
             to
             Prudent
             ,
             Grave
             ,
             and
             Wise
             Peers
             :
             And
             this
             I
             must
             needs
             say
             ;
             It
             is
             evident
             that
             you
             ,
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             ,
             had
             planted
             a
             Pretence
             in
             your
             heart
             against
             the
             Government
             ;
             and
             now
             ,
             under
             colour
             of
             Excuse
             ,
             you
             must
             lay
             the
             Cause
             upon
             particular
             Enemies
             .
             You
             put
             me
             in
             remembrance
             of
             one
             Pisistratus
             ,
             that
             was
             come
             into
             a
             City
             ,
             and
             doting
             upon
             the
             Affections
             of
             the
             Citizens
             unto
             him
             (
             he
             having
             a
             Purpose
             to
             procure
             the
             Subversion
             of
             a
             Kingdom
             ,
             and
             wanting
             Aid
             for
             the
             accomplishing
             Humour
             )
             thought
             it
             the
             surest
             means
             for
             the
             winning
             of
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             Citizens
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             so
             in
             that
             Hope
             entred
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             cut
             his
             Body
             over-thwart
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             they
             might
             conjecture
             he
             had
             been
             in
             danger
             :
             and
             so
             by
             this
             Means
             held
             the
             same
             Conceit
             as
             you
             and
             your
             Complices
             did
             ,
             entring
             the
             City
             of
             London
             ,
             perswading
             your selves
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             undertaken
             your
             Cause
             ,
             all
             would
             have
             gone
             well
             on
             your
             side
             .
             And
             now
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             all
             you
             have
             said
             ,
             or
             can
             say
             ,
             in
             answer
             to
             these
             Matters
             ,
             are
             but
             Shadows
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ,
             methinks
             ,
             it
             were
             your
             best
             course
             to
             Confess
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             Justifie
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             May
             it
             please
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             I
             must
             plead
             Mr.
             Bacon
             for
             a
             Witness
             ;
             for
             when
             the
             course
             of
             private
             Persecution
             was
             in
             hand
             ,
             and
             most
             assailed
             me
             ,
             then
             Mr.
             Bacon
             was
             the
             man
             that
             profered
             me
             means
             to
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             drew
             a
             Letter
             in
             my
             name
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             Brother
             Sir
             
               Nicholas
               Bacon's
            
             name
             ,
             which
             Letter
             he
             purposed
             to
             shew
             the
             Queen
             ,
             and
             Gosnal
             was
             the
             man
             that
             brought
             them
             unto
             me
             ;
             wherein
             I
             did
             see
             Mr.
             Bacon's
             hand
             pleaded
             as
             orderly
             ,
             and
             appointed
             them
             out
             that
             were
             my
             Enemies
             ,
             as
             directly
             as
             might
             be
             ;
             which
             Letters
             I
             know
             Mr.
             Secretary
             Cecil
             hath
             seen
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             it
             will
             appear
             what
             Conceit
             he
             held
             of
             me
             ,
             and
             no
             otherwise
             than
             he
             here
             coloureth
             and
             pleadeth
             the
             Contrary
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bacon
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             spent
             more
             hours
             to
             make
             you
             a
             good
             Subject
             ,
             than
             upon
             any
             man
             in
             the
             World
             besides
             ;
             but
             since
             
             you
             have
             stirred
             up
             this
             Point
             my
             Lord
             ;
             I
             dare
             warrant
             you
             this
             Letter
             will
             not
             blush
             :
             for
             I
             did
             but
             perform
             the
             part
             of
             an
             honest
             man
             ,
             and
             ever
             laboured
             to
             have
             done
             you
             good
             ,
             if
             it
             might
             have
             been
             ,
             and
             to
             no
             other
             end
             :
             for
             what
             I
             intended
             for
             your
             good
             ,
             was
             wished
             from
             the
             Heart
             ,
             without
             Touch
             of
             any
             man's
             Honour
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Well
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             do
             here
             protest
             before
             the
             Living
             God
             ,
             that
             an
             Honourable
             Grave
             and
             Wise
             Councellor
             hath
             lamented
             and
             grieved
             at
             the
             Courses
             he
             hath
             seen
             taken
             ,
             and
             therewith
             hath
             wished
             himself
             often
             dead
             ,
             and
             this
             I
             speak
             upon
             Credible
             and
             Honourable
             Information
             ;
             but
             I
             can
             prove
             thus
             much
             from
             Sir
             Cecil's
             own
             mouth
             ;
             that
             he
             ,
             speaking
             to
             one
             of
             his
             Fellow-Councellors
             ,
             should
             say
             ,
             that
             none
             in
             the
             world
             but
             the
             Infanta
             of
             Spain
             had
             Right
             to
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           Sir
           
             Robert
             Cecil
          
           stepped
           forth
           into
           the
           Court
           (
           having
           kept
           himself
           private
           till
           then
           )
           and
           humbly
           desired
           Leave
           to
           speak
           to
           Essex
           .
        
         
           
             Sir
             Rob.
             Cecil
             .
          
           
             The
             Difference
             between
             you
             and
             me
             is
             great
             ;
             for
             I
             speak
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             an
             honest
             man
             ,
             and
             you
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             Person
             of
             a
             Traytor
             :
             For
             well
             I
             know
             ,
             you
             have
             it
             at
             Will.
             The
             Preheminence
             hath
             been
             yours
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             Innocence
             ,
             Truth
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             Honesty
             to
             defend
             me
             against
             the
             Scandal
             of
             slanderous
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             aspiring
             Hearts
             ;
             and
             I
             protest
             before
             God
             ,
             I
             have
             loved
             your
             Person
             ,
             and
             justified
             your
             Vertues
             ;
             and
             I
             appeal
             to
             God
             and
             the
             Queen
             ,
             that
             I
             told
             Her
             Majesty
             ,
             your
             Afflictions
             would
             make
             you
             a
             fit
             Ser-Servant
             for
             her
             .
             And
             had
             not
             I
             seen
             your
             ambitious
             Affections
             inclined
             to
             Usurpation
             ,
             I
             could
             have
             gone
             on
             my
             Knees
             to
             Her
             Majesty
             to
             have
             done
             you
             good
             ;
             but
             you
             have
             a
             Sheep's
             Garment
             in
             Show
             ,
             and
             in
             Appearance
             are
             humble
             and
             Religious
             ;
             but
             God
             be
             thanked
             we
             know
             you
             ;
             for
             indeed
             your
             Religion
             appears
             by
             
               Blunt
               ,
               Davies
            
             and
             Tresham
             ,
             your
             chiefest
             Councellors
             for
             the
             present
             ,
             and
             by
             promising
             Liberty
             of
             Conscience
             hereafter
             .
             I
             stand
             for
             Loyalty
             ,
             which
             I
             never
             lost
             ,
             you
             stand
             for
             Treachery
             wherewith
             your
             Heart
             is
             possessed
             ;
             and
             you
             charge
             me
             with
             high
             things
             ,
             wherein
             I
             defie
             you
             to
             the
             uttermost
             .
             You
             ,
             my
             good
             Lords
             ,
             Councellors
             of
             State
             have
             many
             Conferences
             ,
             and
             I
             do
             confess
             I
             have
             said
             the
             King
             of
             
             Scots
             is
             a
             Competitor
             ,
             and
             the
             King
             of
             Spain
             a
             Competitor
             ,
             and
             you
             I
             have
             said
             are
             a
             Competitor
             ;
             you
             would
             depose
             the
             Queen
             ,
             you
             would
             be
             King
             of
             England
             ,
             and
             call
             a
             Parliament
             .
             Ah
             my
             Lord
             ,
             were
             it
             but
             your
             own
             Case
             the
             loss
             had
             been
             the
             less
             ;
             but
             you
             have
             drawn
             a
             number
             of
             Noble
             Persons
             and
             Gentlemen
             of
             Birth
             and
             Quality
             into
             your
             Net
             of
             Rebellion
             ,
             and
             their
             Bloods
             will
             cry
             Vengeance
             against
             you
             .
             For
             my
             part
             ,
             I
             vow
             to
             God
             ,
             I
             wish
             my
             Soul
             was
             in
             Heaven
             and
             my
             Body
             at
             rest
             ,
             so
             this
             had
             never
             been
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Ah
             Mr.
             Secretarie
             ,
             I
             thank
             God
             for
             my
             humbling
             ,
             that
             you
             in
             the
             Ruff
             of
             your
             Bravery
             came
             to
             make
             your
             Oration
             against
             me
             here
             this
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cecil
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             humbly
             thank
             God
             that
             you
             did
             not
             take
             me
             for
             a
             fit
             Companion
             for
             you
             and
             your
             Humours
             ,
             for
             if
             you
             had
             ,
             you
             would
             have
             drawn
             me
             to
             betray
             my
             Sovereign
             ,
             as
             You
             have
             done
             ;
             but
             I
             would
             have
             you
             name
             the
             Councellour
             you
             speak
             of
             ,
             name
             him
             ,
             name
             him
             ,
             name
             him
             if
             you
             dare
             ,
             if
             you
             dare
             ,
             I
             defie
             you
             ,
             name
             him
             if
             you
             dare
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             Here
             stands
             an
             Honourable
             Person
             (
             meaning
             the
             Earl
             of
             Southampton
             )
             that
             knows
             I
             speak
             no
             Fables
             ;
             he
             heard
             it
             as
             well
             as
             I.
             
          
        
         
           
             Cecil
             .
          
           
             Then
             my
             Lord
             of
             Southampton
             ,
             I
             adjure
             you
             by
             the
             Duty
             you
             owe
             to
             God
             ,
             Loyalty
             and
             Allegiance
             you
             owe
             to
             your
             Sovereign
             ,
             by
             all
             tokens
             of
             true
             Christianity
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             antient
             Friendship
             and
             Acquaintance
             once
             between
             us
             ,
             that
             you
             name
             the
             Councellour
             .
          
        
         
           
             Southamp
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Secretary
             ,
             If
             you
             will
             needs
             have
             me
             name
             the
             Councellour
             ,
             it
             was
             Mr.
             Comptroller
             ;
             whereupon
             the
             Secretary
             falling
             down
             upon
             his
             Knees
             ,
             said
             ,
             I
             thank
             God
             for
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             upon
             his
             Knee
             ,
             desired
             the
             Lord
             High
             Steward
             ,
             that
             a
             Gentleman
             of
             the
             Privy
             Chamber
             ,
             (
             or
             one
             that
             might
             have
             Access
             to
             the
             Queen
             )
             might
             go
             ,
             and
             humbly
             intreat
             Her
             Highness
             to
             command
             Mr.
             Comptroller
             to
             come
             before
             your
             Grace
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           the
           Lord
           High
           Steward
           calling
           Mr.
           Knevet
           (
           a
           Gentleman
           of
           Her
           Majesties
           Privy
           Chamber
           )
           said
           unto
           him
           ,
           go
           Mr.
           Knevet
           unto
           Her
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           let
           Her
           understand
           Mr
           ▪
           Secretaries
           Demand
           .
        
         
           
             Cecil
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Knevet
             ,
             You
             shall
             have
             free
             Access
             unto
             Her
             
             Majesty
             ,
             tell
             Her
             ,
             that
             I
             vow
             before
             the
             God
             of
             Heaven
             ,
             that
             if
             she
             refuse
             to
             send
             Mr.
             Comptroller
             ,
             whereby
             I
             may
             clear
             my self
             of
             these
             open
             Scandals
             ;
             I
             will
             rather
             die
             at
             her
             Foot
             ,
             (
             as
             her
             Subject
             and
             Vassal
             )
             than
             live
             to
             do
             her
             any
             more
             Service
             in
             this
             Honourable
             Degree
             ,
             wherein
             her
             Highness
             employs
             me
             .
             And
             withal
             ,
             let
             me
             adjure
             you
             Mr.
             Knevet
             ,
             that
             you
             do
             not
             acquaint
             Mr.
             Comptroller
             with
             the
             Cause
             why
             you
             come
             for
             him
             .
             Mr.
             Knevet
             went
             ,
             and
             not
             long
             after
             returned
             with
             Mr.
             Comptroller
             ,
             to
             whom
             the
             Lord
             High
             Steward
             repeated
             the
             Cause
             why
             he
             was
             sent
             for
             ,
             and
             desired
             him
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Lords
             ,
             whether
             
               Mr.
               Secretary
            
             did
             use
             any
             such
             Speech
             in
             his
             Hearing
             ,
             or
             to
             his
             knowledge
             .
          
        
         
           
             Mr.
             Comptroller
             .
          
           
             I
             remember
             that
             once
             in
             
               Mr.
               Secretaries
            
             Company
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             Book
             read
             ,
             that
             treated
             of
             such
             matters
             ;
             but
             I
             did
             never
             hear
             
               Mr.
               Secretary
            
             use
             any
             such
             words
             ,
             or
             to
             that
             effect
             ;
             whereupon
             
               Mr.
               Secretary
            
             thanked
             God
             ,
             that
             though
             the
             Earl
             stood
             there
             as
             a
             Traytor
             ,
             yet
             he
             was
             found
             an
             honest
             man
             ,
             and
             a
             faithful
             Subject
             ;
             withal
             saying
             ,
             I
             beseech
             God
             to
             forgive
             you
             for
             this
             open
             wrong
             done
             unto
             me
             ,
             as
             I
             do
             openly
             pronounce
             ,
             I
             forgive
             you
             from
             the
             bottom
             of
             my
             Heart
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             And
             I
             ,
             
               Mr.
               Secretary
            
             ,
             do
             clearly
             and
             freely
             forgive
             you
             with
             all
             my
             Soul
             ;
             because
             I
             mean
             to
             die
             in
             Charity
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bacon
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             you
             may
             now
             perceive
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             went
             about
             to
             procure
             matter
             ,
             and
             to
             give
             over
             on
             the
             instant
             .
          
        
         
           
             Southamp
             .
          
           
             Well
             ,
             I
             beseech
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             let
             me
             satisfie
             your
             Lordship
             and
             the
             rest
             thus
             much
             ,
             that
             for
             my
             own
             part
             ,
             I
             did
             never
             know
             the
             Laws
             .
             Now
             to
             shew
             the
             Causes
             that
             made
             me
             adventure
             so
             far
             as
             I
             did
             :
             The
             first
             occasion
             that
             made
             me
             adventure
             into
             these
             Courses
             ,
             was
             the
             Affinity
             betwixt
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             and
             me
             ,
             I
             being
             of
             his
             Blood
             ,
             and
             marrying
             his
             Kinswoman
             ;
             so
             that
             for
             his
             sake
             ,
             I
             should
             have
             hazarded
             my
             Life
             :
             But
             what
             I
             have
             by
             my
             forwardness
             offended
             in
             Act
             ,
             I
             am
             altogether
             ignorant
             ,
             but
             in
             Thought
             I
             am
             assured
             never
             .
             And
             if
             through
             my
             Ignorance
             ,
             in
             the
             Law
             I
             have
             offended
             ,
             yet
             I
             humbly
             submit
             my self
             to
             Her
             Majesty
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             bottom
             of
             my
             Heart
             do
             beg
             Her
             Gracious
             Pardon
             if
             it
             please
             Her
             ;
             and
             I
             hope
             that
             neither
             your
             Lordship
             nor
             any
             of
             the
             Peers
             will
             hold
             any
             of
             the
             former
             Resolutions
             spoken
             
             of
             by
             these
             Orators
             ,
             for
             any
             Certainty
             which
             depends
             no
             otherwise
             than
             one
             upon
             another
             .
             For
             if
             any
             foolish
             Speeches
             have
             passed
             ,
             I
             protest
             ,
             as
             I
             shall
             be
             saved
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             never
             purposed
             by
             me
             ,
             nor
             understood
             to
             be
             so
             purposed
             by
             me
             ,
             to
             the
             Hurt
             of
             Her
             Majesties
             Person
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             I
             beseech
             your
             Lordship
             to
             understand
             me
             ,
             and
             assure
             your self
             ,
             that
             what
             I
             now
             speak
             ,
             is
             not
             with
             any
             Desire
             (
             I
             protest
             )
             to
             spare
             one
             Drop
             of
             my
             Blood
             ;
             and
             because
             some
             Honourable
             Persons
             are
             interessed
             in
             the
             Cause
             ,
             I
             would
             (
             under
             favour
             )
             signifie
             ,
             because
             the
             Point
             hath
             been
             so
             much
             urged
             by
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             that
             at
             our
             Being
             in
             London
             when
             we
             were
             past
             Pauls
             ,
             word
             was
             brought
             me
             ,
             that
             the
             Chain
             was
             drawn
             at
             Ludgate
             ,
             and
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             Cumberland
             was
             there
             ;
             which
             when
             I
             heard
             ,
             I
             was
             right
             glad
             :
             for
             if
             there
             had
             been
             Cause
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             been
             glad
             to
             have
             put
             my self
             into
             so
             Honourable
             a
             Persons
             Hands
             as
             his
             ;
             but
             it
             was
             a
             false
             Report
             ,
             for
             my
             Lord
             was
             not
             then
             come
             thither
             .
             After
             which
             I
             went
             to
             Sheriff
             Smith's
             House
             ,
             and
             after
             my
             coming
             thither
             ,
             I
             sent
             the
             Sheriff
             and
             Mr.
             Alderman
             Wats
             to
             my
             Lord
             Mayor
             ,
             desiring
             him
             to
             come
             to
             us
             ;
             if
             he
             would
             not
             ,
             to
             send
             four
             of
             his
             Aldermen
             to
             see
             if
             we
             demeaned
             our selves
             Loyally
             ,
             with
             Intent
             to
             put
             our selves
             into
             their
             Hands
             to
             use
             us
             as
             they
             would
             ,
             or
             to
             put
             us
             into
             any
             Prison
             ;
             yet
             in
             regard
             of
             our
             private
             Enemies
             ,
             and
             the
             Fear
             of
             their
             Treachery
             ,
             we
             desired
             them
             to
             shut
             their
             Gates
             ;
             and
             this
             was
             the
             end
             for
             which
             we
             went
             into
             the
             City
             .
          
        
         
           
             Attorn
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             if
             you
             had
             no
             other
             Purpose
             ,
             why
             did
             you
             go
             into
             Gracious-street
             and
             Fanchurch-street
             ,
             crying
             out
             all
             the
             way
             you
             went
             ,
             England
             
               is
               bought
               and
               sold
               to
               the
            
             Spaniard
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Southamp
             .
          
           
             Mr.
             Attorn
             .
             I
             protest
             (
             as
             I
             hope
             to
             have
             mercy
             in
             Heaven
             )
             I
             never
             heard
             my
             Lord
             speak
             any
             such
             Word
             ,
             neither
             did
             I
             hear
             of
             the
             Proclamation
             you
             speak
             of
             ,
             made
             by
             my
             Lord
             Burleigh
             and
             the
             
               Herauld
               at
               Arms
            
             ;
             neither
             did
             I
             see
             them
             ,
             and
             I
             deny
             (
             my
             Soul
             and
             Conscience
             bearing
             me
             Witness
             )
             that
             I
             ever
             knew
             of
             any
             Intent
             and
             Meaning
             ,
             or
             did
             ever
             mean
             or
             intend
             any
             Treason
             ,
             Rebellion
             or
             other
             Action
             against
             my
             Sovereign
             or
             the
             State
             ;
             but
             only
             what
             I
             did
             ,
             was
             to
             assist
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             in
             his
             private
             Quarrel
             ;
             and
             
             fore
             Mr.
             Attorney
             you
             have
             urged
             the
             matter
             very
             far
             ,
             and
             you
             wrong
             me
             therein
             ,
             my
             Blood
             be
             upon
             your
             head
             .
             As
             for
             my
             Lord
             of
             Rutl.
             whereas
             he
             inferreth
             against
             me
             to
             be
             a
             persuader
             and
             inviter
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             to
             these
             Actions
             ,
             he
             wrongeth
             me
             exceedingly
             ;
             for
             he
             was
             never
             the
             man
             that
             saw
             me
             once
             discontented
             ,
             and
             therefore
             had
             small
             ground
             or
             reason
             so
             to
             say
             .
             And
             you
             Mr.
             Attorney
             ,
             whereas
             you
             charge
             me
             for
             a
             Papist
             ,
             I
             protest
             most
             unfeignedly
             ,
             I
             was
             never
             conversant
             with
             any
             of
             that
             sort
             ;
             I
             only
             knew
             one
             White
             a
             Priest
             that
             went
             up
             and
             down
             the
             Town
             ,
             yet
             did
             I
             never
             Converse
             with
             him
             in
             all
             my
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             and
             you
             that
             be
             our
             Peers
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             give
             me
             hearing
             thus
             far
             ,
             not
             that
             I
             will
             speak
             it
             for
             the
             safeguard
             of
             my
             life
             ,
             but
             with
             this
             my
             desire
             I
             charge
             the
             Souls
             of
             all
             them
             that
             be
             our
             Censurers
             or
             Triars
             ,
             because
             out
             of
             a
             Form
             and
             Custom
             of
             speaking
             ,
             these
             Orators
             would
             make
             them
             more
             odious
             that
             come
             to
             the
             Barr
             ,
             that
             I
             may
             not
             be
             thought
             to
             have
             done
             this
             upon
             revenge
             :
             for
             within
             these
             few
             dayes
             I
             purposed
             to
             have
             received
             the
             Communion
             ,
             to
             be
             a
             testimony
             that
             I
             was
             far
             from
             bearing
             of
             Malice
             to
             any
             ,
             not
             so
             much
             as
             to
             my
             private
             Enemies
             .
             But
             the
             falling
             out
             between
             the
             Earl
             of
             Southampton
             and
             the
             Lord
             Gray
             happening
             on
             a
             Sunday
             ,
             hindered
             my
             Intent
             ;
             for
             so
             soon
             as
             I
             knew
             of
             it
             ,
             I
             found
             my
             affections
             to
             stirr
             on
             it
             exceedingly
             ;
             yet
             I
             have
             since
             that
             time
             laboured
             and
             by
             my
             Prayers
             to
             God
             earnestly
             desired
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             be
             armed
             with
             Patience
             to
             endure
             all
             afflictions
             .
             And
             here
             I
             protest
             before
             the
             ever-living
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             may
             have
             Mercy
             on
             me
             ,
             That
             my
             Conscience
             is
             clear
             from
             any
             Disloyalty
             ,
             Thought
             or
             Harm
             to
             Her
             Majestie
             ;
             and
             my
             Desire
             ever
             hath
             been
             to
             be
             free
             from
             bloodshed
             ,
             as
             Mr.
             Dove
             can
             witness
             .
             But
             if
             in
             all
             my
             Thoughts
             and
             Purposes
             I
             did
             not
             ever
             desire
             the
             good
             Estate
             of
             my
             Soveraign
             and
             Country
             as
             to
             my
             own
             Soul
             ,
             I
             beseech
             the
             Lord
             then
             shew
             some
             Mark
             upon
             me
             and
             my
             Soul
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             for
             a
             just
             Vengeance
             of
             my
             Untruths
             to
             all
             the
             World.
             And
             God
             which
             knoweth
             the
             Secrets
             of
             all
             Hearts
             ,
             knoweth
             that
             I
             never
             sought
             the
             Crown
             of
             England
             ,
             nor
             ever
             wished
             to
             be
             a
             higher
             degree
             than
             a
             Subject
             .
             I
             greatly
             endeavoured
             to
             have
             brought
             my
             Conscience
             to
             Peace
             ,
             onely
             by
             seeking
             to
             secure
             my
             Access
             to
             the
             Presence
             of
             the
             Queen
             ,
             that
             I
             might
             speedily
             have
             unfoulded
             my
             Griefs
             unto
             Her
             Majestie
             against
             my
             private
             Enemies
             ,
             but
             
             not
             to
             have
             shed
             one
             drop
             of
             their
             blood
             :
             And
             this
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             I
             speak
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             I
             might
             put
             off
             all
             imputation
             of
             being
             an
             Hypocrite
             or
             an
             Atheist
             ;
             for
             I
             was
             never
             Papist
             ,
             neither
             did
             I
             ever
             favour
             any
             Sectary
             (
             as
             my
             Lord
             of
             Canterbury
             knoweth
             ,
             and
             can
             testifie
             :
             )
             for
             my
             Religion
             it
             is
             sound
             ,
             and
             as
             I
             live
             I
             mean
             to
             die
             in
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Bacon
             .
          
           
             Well
             my
             Lord
             ,
             may
             it
             please
             your
             Grace
             ,
             you
             may
             see
             how
             weakly
             he
             hath
             shadowed
             his
             purpose
             ,
             and
             how
             slenderly
             he
             hath
             answered
             the
             Objections
             against
             him
             .
             But
             my
             Lord
             ,
             doubting
             that
             too
             much
             variety
             of
             Matter
             may
             minister
             occasion
             of
             forgetfulness
             ,
             I
             will
             onely
             trouble
             your
             Lordships
             remembrance
             with
             this
             onely
             Point
             ,
             rightly
             comparing
             this
             Rebellion
             of
             my
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             to
             the
             Duke
             of
             Guises
             ,
             that
             came
             upon
             the
             Barricadoes
             at
             Paris
             in
             his
             Dublet
             and
             Hose
             attended
             upon
             with
             8
             men
             ;
             but
             his
             Confidence
             in
             the
             City
             was
             such
             ,
             (
             even
             as
             my
             Lord
             's
             was
             )
             but
             when
             he
             had
             delivered
             himself
             so
             far
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             shallowness
             of
             his
             own
             Conceit
             could
             not
             accomplish
             what
             he
             expected
             ,
             the
             King
             for
             his
             defence
             taking
             Arms
             against
             him
             ,
             he
             was
             glad
             to
             yield
             himself
             ,
             thinking
             to
             colour
             his
             pretents
             ,
             turned
             his
             practices
             ,
             and
             alledged
             the
             occasion
             thereof
             to
             be
             a
             private
             Quarrel
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             must
             confess
             it
             was
             my
             fault
             to
             stand
             out
             and
             to
             maintain
             my
             House
             with
             defence
             and
             resisting
             ;
             but
             I
             will
             not
             deny
             but
             that
             my
             Lord
             of
             Southampton
             and
             Sir
             
               Charles
               Danvers
            
             did
             persuade
             me
             to
             Parley
             with
             my
             Lord
             General
             ,
             which
             I
             hope
             your
             Lordship
             will
             remember
             I
             did
             yield
             upon
             some
             indifferent
             Terms
             and
             Conditions
             ;
             Which
             were
             ,
             first
             ,
             
               That
               I
               might
               have
               an
               Honourable
               Tryal
               .
            
             Secondly
             ,
             
               That
               I
               might
               deliver
               my
               Griefs
               my self
               to
               the
               Queen
               .
            
             Thirdly
             ,
             
               That
               I
               might
               go
               in
               safety
               .
            
             Fourthly
             ,
             
               That
               I
               might
               have
               my
               Minister
               with
               me
               .
            
             And
             lastly
             ,
             
               (
               which
               I
               chiefly
               begg
               of
               Her
               Majestie
               ,
               )
               ,
               That
               she
               would
               be
               pleased
               to
               redeem
               some
               that
               were
               with
               me
               in
               the
               House
               ,
               and
               guiltless
               for
               Knowledg
               ,
               Intent
               or
               Action
               ,
               of
               what
               was
               by
               me
               purposed
               .
            
             All
             which
             I
             thought
             good
             to
             remember
             ,
             and
             so
             humbly
             submit
             the
             same
             to
             ▪
             Her
             Majesties
             gratious
             Pleasure
             .
          
        
         
           
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms.
             
          
           
             Then
             Proclamation
             was
             made
             .
             
               Lieutenant
               of
               the
            
             Tower
             ,
             
               withdraw
               your
               Prisoners
               from
               the
               Barr.
            
             They
             being
             removed
             ,
             the
             Lords
             and
             Peers
             went
             together
             into
             a
             private
             place
             made
             of
             purpose
             behind
             the
             Canopie
             and
             Chair
             of
             Estate
             ;
             then
             the
             Two
             Chief
             Judges
             and
             the
             Lord
             Chief
             Baron
             were
             sent
             for
             
             in
             to
             them
             to
             deliver
             their
             Opinions
             in
             Law
             :
             After
             half
             an
             hour
             they
             came
             all
             out
             again
             ,
             and
             each
             man
             took
             his
             place
             ;
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             begun
             at
             the
             punie
             Lord
             ,
             and
             called
             Thomas
             Lord
             Howard
             ,
             who
             stood
             up
             bare-headed
             ;
             then
             said
             the
             Lord
             High
             Steward
             ,
          
        
         
           
             Lo.
             Steward
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             
               Thomas
               Howard
            
             ,
             Whether
             is
             Robert
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             guilty
             of
             this
             Treason
             whereupon
             he
             hath
             been
             Indicted
             ,
             as
             you
             take
             it
             upon
             your
             Honour
             ,
             or
             no
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Lo.
             Tho.
             Howard
             .
          
           
             Whereupon
             the
             Lord
             
               Thomas
               Howard
            
             made
             answer
             ,
             bending
             his
             Body
             and
             laying
             his
             Left
             Hand
             upon
             his
             Right
             Side
             ,
             said
             ,
             
               Guilty
               ,
               my
               Lord
               ,
               of
               High
               Treason
               .
            
             After
             which
             manner
             all
             the
             Peers
             found
             him
             guilty
             one
             after
             another
             from
             the
             Punie
             to
             the
             highest
             ,
             and
             so
             delivered
             in
             like
             sort
             upon
             their
             Honours
             .
             Being
             called
             over
             anew
             ,
             they
             found
             Henry
             Earl
             of
             Southampton
             guilty
             of
             High
             Treason
             also
             .
          
        
         
           
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms.
             
          
           
             Then
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             commanded
             the
             Lieutenant
             of
             the
             Tower
             to
             bring
             his
             Prisoners
             to
             the
             Barr
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             speaking
             first
             to
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             said
             ,
             Robert
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             ,
             you
             have
             been
             Arraigned
             and
             Indicted
             of
             High
             Treason
             ,
             you
             have
             pleaded
             
               Not
               Guilty
            
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             Trial
             you
             have
             put
             your self
             upon
             God
             and
             your
             Peers
             ;
             the
             Peers
             here
             (
             who
             have
             heard
             the
             Evidence
             and
             your
             Answer
             in
             your
             defence
             )
             have
             found
             you
             Guilty
             :
             Now
             what
             can
             you
             say
             for
             your self
             ,
             why
             you
             should
             not
             have
             Judgment
             of
             Death
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             I
             onely
             say
             this
             ,
             That
             since
             I
             have
             committed
             that
             which
             hath
             brought
             me
             within
             the
             compass
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             I
             may
             be
             counted
             the
             Law
             's
             Traitor
             in
             offending
             the
             Law
             ,
             for
             which
             I
             am
             willing
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             will
             as
             willingly
             go
             thereto
             as
             ever
             did
             any
             :
             But
             I
             beseech
             your
             Lordship
             ,
             and
             the
             rest
             of
             the
             Lords
             here
             ,
             to
             have
             consideration
             of
             what
             I
             have
             formerly
             spoken
             ,
             and
             do
             me
             the
             right
             as
             to
             think
             me
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             have
             a
             Soul
             to
             save
             ,
             and
             that
             I
             know
             it
             is
             no
             time
             to
             jest
             ;
             lying
             and
             counterfeiting
             my
             Soul
             abhorreth
             :
             for
             I
             am
             not
             desperate
             nor
             void
             of
             Grace
             now
             to
             speak
             falsely
             .
             I
             do
             not
             speak
             to
             save
             my
             life
             ;
             for
             that
             I
             see
             were
             vain
             ;
             I
             owe
             God
             a
             death
             ,
             which
             shall
             be
             welcome
             ,
             how
             soon
             soever
             it
             pleaseth
             Her
             Majestie
             .
             And
             to
             satisfie
             the
             Opinion
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             my
             Conscience
             is
             free
             
             from
             Atheism
             and
             Popery
             ,
             howsoever
             I
             have
             been
             in
             this
             Action
             misled
             to
             transgress
             the
             Points
             of
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             Course
             and
             Defence
             of
             private
             Matters
             ,
             and
             whatsoever
             through
             the
             weakness
             of
             my
             Wit
             and
             dulness
             of
             Memory
             ,
             or
             through
             violent
             Courses
             ,
             (
             if
             there
             be
             any
             violent
             that
             seek
             either
             life
             or
             death
             ;
             )
             or
             if
             I
             have
             omitted
             or
             may
             have
             uttered
             any
             thing
             otherwise
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             live
             and
             die
             in
             the
             Faith
             and
             true
             Religion
             which
             here
             I
             have
             professed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Clerk
             of
             the
             Crown
             demanded
             of
             Henry
             Earl
             of
             Southampton
             ,
             What
             he
             could
             say
             for
             himself
             ,
             why
             Judgment
             of
             Death
             should
             not
             be
             pronounced
             against
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             Southampton
             .
          
           
             My
             Lords
             ,
             I
             must
             say
             for
             my
             part
             as
             I
             have
             said
             before
             ,
             That
             since
             the
             ignorance
             of
             the
             Law
             hath
             made
             me
             incur
             the
             danger
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             I
             humbly
             submit
             my self
             to
             Her
             Majesties
             Mercy
             ;
             and
             therefore
             my
             Lord
             High
             Steward
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Admiral
             ,
             I
             beseech
             you
             both
             ,
             that
             seeing
             you
             are
             Witnesses
             I
             am
             Condemned
             by
             the
             letter
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             it
             would
             please
             you
             to
             let
             the
             Queen
             know
             that
             I
             Crave
             her
             Mercy
             .
             I
             know
             I
             have
             offended
             her
             ,
             yet
             if
             it
             please
             her
             to
             be
             Merciful
             unto
             me
             ,
             I
             may
             live
             ,
             and
             by
             my
             Service
             deserve
             my
             life
             .
             I
             have
             been
             brought
             up
             under
             Her
             Majestie
             ,
             I
             have
             spent
             the
             best
             part
             of
             my
             Patrimony
             in
             Her
             Majesties
             Service
             with
             danger
             of
             my
             life
             ,
             as
             your
             Lordships
             know
             ;
             if
             there
             were
             any
             that
             could
             challenge
             me
             ,
             that
             I
             have
             ever
             heretofore
             committed
             or
             intended
             Treason
             ,
             or
             any
             other
             thing
             prejudicial
             to
             Her
             Majestie
             or
             Estate
             ,
             God
             let
             me
             never
             inherit
             his
             Kingdom
             ,
             neither
             would
             I
             desire
             Mercy
             :
             but
             since
             the
             Law
             hath
             Cast
             me
             ,
             I
             do
             submit
             my self
             to
             death
             ,
             and
             yet
             I
             will
             not
             despair
             on
             her
             Majesties
             Mercy
             ;
             for
             that
             I
             know
             she
             is
             Merciful
             ,
             and
             if
             she
             please
             to
             extend
             it
             ,
             I
             shall
             with
             all
             humility
             receive
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             Lord
             Steward
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             of
             Essex
             ,
             the
             Queen's
             Majestie
             hath
             bestowed
             many
             Favours
             on
             your
             Predecessors
             and
             your Self
             ;
             I
             would
             wish
             therefore
             that
             you
             likewise
             would
             submit
             your self
             to
             Her
             Majesties
             Mercy
             ,
             acknowledging
             your
             Offences
             ,
             and
             reconciling
             your self
             inwardly
             to
             Her
             Majestie
             ,
             by
             laying
             open
             all
             Matters
             that
             were
             intended
             to
             prejudice
             Her
             Majestie
             ,
             and
             the
             Actors
             thereof
             ;
             and
             thereby
             no
             doubt
             you
             shall
             find
             Her
             Majestie
             Merciful
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             you
             have
             made
             an
             honourable
             Motion
             ;
             do
             but
             send
             to
             me
             at
             the
             time
             of
             my
             death
             ,
             and
             you
             shall
             see
             how
             penitent
             and
             humble
             I
             will
             be
             towards
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             both
             in
             acknowledging
             her
             exceeding
             Favours
             to
             my
             Ancestors
             ,
             and
             to
             my self
             ;
             whereby
             I
             doubt
             not
             but
             the
             penitent
             suffering
             of
             my
             Death
             ,
             and
             sprinkling
             of
             my
             Blood
             ,
             will
             quench
             the
             evil
             conceited
             Thoughts
             of
             Her
             Majesty
             against
             me
             .
             And
             I
             do
             most
             humbly
             desire
             Her
             Majesty
             ,
             that
             my
             Death
             may
             put
             a
             period
             to
             my
             Offences
             committed
             ,
             and
             be
             no
             more
             remembred
             by
             her
             Highness
             .
             If
             I
             had
             ever
             perceived
             any
             of
             my
             Followers
             to
             have
             harboured
             an
             evil
             thought
             against
             her
             Majesty
             ,
             I
             would
             have
             been
             the
             first
             that
             should
             have
             punished
             the
             same
             in
             being
             his
             Executioner
             ;
             and
             therefore
             I
             beseech
             you
             ,
             my
             good
             Lord
             ,
             mistake
             me
             not
             ,
             nor
             think
             me
             so
             proud
             ,
             that
             I
             will
             not
             crave
             her
             Majesties
             Mercy
             ,
             for
             I
             protest
             (
             kneeling
             upon
             the
             very
             knee
             of
             my
             heart
             )
             I
             do
             crave
             her
             Majesties
             Mercy
             with
             all
             humility
             ;
             yet
             I
             had
             rather
             die
             than
             live
             in
             Misery
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Lord
             High
             Steward
             ,
             after
             a
             few
             exhortations
             unto
             the
             Earls
             to
             prepare
             themselves
             for
             God
             ,
             told
             them
             ,
             seeing
             the
             Law
             had
             found
             them
             Guilty
             ,
             it
             followed
             of
             course
             that
             he
             must
             proceed
             to
             Judgement
             .
          
           
             The
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             replied
             very
             cheerfully
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             yea
             ,
             my
             Lord
             ,
             with
             a
             very
             good
             will
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             go
             on
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             
               Lord
               High
               Steward
            
             gave
             Judgment
             as
             followeth
             :
          
           
             You
             must
             go
             to
             the
             place
             from
             whence
             you
             came
             ,
             and
             there
             remain
             during
             Her
             Majesties
             pleasure
             ,
             from
             thence
             to
             be
             drawn
             on
             a
             Hurdle
             through
             London
             Streets
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             the
             place
             of
             Execution
             ,
             where
             you
             shall
             be
             hanged
             ,
             bowelled
             ,
             and
             quartered
             ;
             your
             Head
             and
             Quarters
             to
             be
             disposed
             of
             at
             Her
             Majesties
             pleasure
             ,
             and
             so
             God
             have
             mercy
             on
             your
             Souls
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             My
             Lord
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             a
             whit
             dismayed
             to
             receive
             this
             Sentence
             ,
             for
             I
             protest
             Death
             is
             as
             welcome
             to
             me
             as
             Life
             ,
             and
             I
             shall
             die
             as
             chearful
             a
             death
             upon
             such
             a
             testimony
             as
             ever
             did
             man.
             And
             I
             think
             it
             fit
             my
             poor
             Quarters
             that
             hath
             done
             her
             Majesty
             true
             Service
             in
             divers
             parts
             of
             the
             world
             should
             be
             sacrificed
             and
             disposed
             of
             at
             her
             Majesties
             pleasure
             ;
             whereunto
             with
             all
             willingness
             of
             heart
             I
             have
             submitted
             my self
             .
             But
             ,
             one
             thing
             I
             beg
             of
             you
             my
             Lords
             that
             have
             free
             access
             to
             her
             Majesties
             person
             ,
             humbly
             to
             beseech
             her
             Majestie
             to
             grant
             me
             
             that
             (
             during
             the
             short
             time
             I
             shall
             live
             )
             that
             I
             may
             have
             the
             same
             Preacher
             to
             comfort
             me
             ,
             that
             hath
             been
             with
             me
             since
             my
             troubles
             began
             ,
             for
             as
             he
             that
             hath
             been
             long
             sick
             is
             most
             desirous
             of
             the
             Physician
             which
             hath
             been
             and
             is
             best
             acquainted
             with
             the
             Constitution
             of
             his
             Body
             ;
             so
             do
             I
             most
             wish
             to
             have
             the
             comfort
             and
             Spiritual
             Physick
             from
             the
             Preacher
             which
             hath
             bin
             and
             is
             acquainted
             with
             the
             inward
             griefs
             and
             secret
             affections
             of
             my
             Soul.
             And
             my
             last
             request
             shall
             be
             only
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             will
             please
             her
             Highness
             that
             my
             Lord
             
               Thomas
               Howard
            
             and
             the
             Lieutenant
             of
             the
             Tower
             may
             be
             partakers
             with
             me
             in
             receiving
             the
             Sacrament
             ,
             and
             be
             a
             witness
             of
             it
             in
             token
             of
             what
             I
             have
             protested
             to
             be
             true
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             for
             my
             Loyalty
             ,
             Religion
             ,
             and
             peace
             of
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             then
             whensoever
             it
             shall
             please
             her
             Majesty
             to
             call
             me
             ,
             I
             shall
             be
             ready
             to
             seal
             the
             same
             with
             my
             blood
             .
          
           
             The
             Lords
             promised
             they
             would
             move
             the
             Queen
             for
             his
             requests
             .
          
        
         
           
             Essex
             .
          
           
             I
             humbly
             thank
             your
             Lordships
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Serjeant
             at
             Arms
             stood
             up
             with
             the
             Mace
             on
             his
             shoulder
             ,
             and
             after
             Proclamation
             was
             made
             ,
             said
             thus
             :
             All
             Peers
             that
             were
             summoned
             to
             be
             here
             this
             day
             ,
             may
             now
             take
             their
             ease
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Persons
             attending
             here
             this
             Service
             may
             depart
             in
             her
             Majestice
             Peace
             ,
             for
             my
             
               Lord
               High
               Steward
            
             is
             pleased
             to
             dissolve
             this
             Commission
             .
          
           
             As
             the
             Lords
             were
             rising
             ,
             the
             Earl
             of
             Essex
             said
             ,
             My
             Lord
             
               De
               la
               Ware
            
             ,
             and
             my
             Lord
             Morley
             ,
             I
             beseech
             your
             Lordships
             ,
             pardon
             me
             for
             your
             two
             Sons
             that
             are
             in
             trouble
             for
             my
             sake
             .
             I
             protest
             upon
             my
             Soul
             they
             knew
             not
             of
             any
             thing
             that
             was
             or
             should
             have
             been
             done
             ,
             but
             came
             to
             me
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             and
             I
             desired
             them
             to
             stay
             ,
             and
             they
             knew
             not
             wherefore
             .
             And
             so
             Farewell
             ,
             my
             Lords
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           His
           Epitaph
           .
        
         
           There
           sleeps
           great
           Essex
           ,
           Darling
           of
           Mankind
           ,
        
         
           Fair
           Honours
           Lamp
           ,
           foule
           Envies
           prey
           ,
           Arts
           fame
           ,
        
         
           Natures
           pride
           ,
           Vertues
           Bulwark
           ,
           lure
           of
           Mind
           .
        
         
           Wisdoms
           Flower
           ,
           Valours
           Tower
           ,
           Fortunes
           shame
           ,
        
         
           England's
           Sun
           ,
           Belgia's
           light
           ,
           France's
           Star
           ,
           Spain's
           thunder
           ,
        
         
           Lisbon's
           lightning
           ,
           Ireland's
           cloud
           ,
           the
           whole
           Worlds
           Wonder
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .